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It& #39;s charming, a little too long, and in the top tier of Netflix movies. & #39;Enola Holmes& #39; is an entertaining kids movie that I think adults will get a kick out of too. It doesn& #39;t talk down to its audience and tries some fresh stuff (even if it& #39;s not as progressive as it thinks)...
Not a film for fans of the & #39;Sherlock Holmes& #39; novels, it may be for fans of the & #39;Enola Holmes& #39; YA novels. It& #39;s such a removed reinvention that the Holmes family might aswell be generic quirky Victorians, but with such a vast icon I don& #39;t think that kinda variety is a bad thing...
Having said that, everyone is firing charisma in the flick and (I can& #39;t help say it as a Sherlock Holmes fan) Henry Cavill puts in a neat, twinkling performance. In fact everyone is. A less analytical mind will certainly enjoy the 2 hours of Bobbie Brown elevating exposition...
If any Netflix film spawns a franchise it SHOULD be this - Hopefully with more ties to the classic novels. I know the YA source has an audience, I haven& #39;t read them but seems they& #39;re selling what they& #39;d want, but right now it& #39;s a & #39;Narnia& #39; when it could be a & #39;Harry Potter& #39;...
It& #39;s good, kills a night in a pandemic and I do recommend it, but it could be great and I hope we get to that. Pleasantly so I think it& #39;s finally the right direction for Netflix moving towards family orientated & #39;blockbuster& #39; type entertainment that doesn& #39;t feel cheap...
Oh and if you are going into the movie as a & #39;Sherlock& #39; fan and not an & #39;Enola& #39; fan, here& #39;s a warning: There& #39;s no Watson. Completely out of the picture. Nonexistent. If they really want a progressive flick I DEMAND we get Henry Cavill shagging a cute moustached doctor DAMN IT!...
Like I& #39;m sorry to bang on about it, the movie has nothing to do with it and never false advertised (this is not serious criticism), but you don& #39;t make Henry Cavill look this HOT in Victorian garb and then remove the character& #39;s iconic gay flatmate!? LIKE COME ON!...
COME ONNN!?!...
