‘Enola Holmes’ Review: Sherlock’s Kid Sister Rocks in Clever Netflix Original

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticWith more than two dozen movies releasing a week — the vast majority of them still straight to streaming — we’re narrowing the focus of our curation somewhat, spotlighting those of sufficiently high profile or merit.Audiences could hardly hope for a more exciting or timely option than “The Trial of the Chicago 7” from “The West Wing’s” Aaron Sorkin, who’s taken audiences to court before (he wrote “A Few Good Men”).

too alluring and too captivating to play a certain part? (Yes.) Is it Henry's fault that I want to swim in that little chin dimple so badly that I can't pay attention to any other part of this movie? (No.) And most importantly, am I going to have to rewatch Enola Holmes ten more times just to test my own theories and assumptions? (Yes.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorFor “Fleabag” director Harry Bradbeer, green was indicative of gender when it came to building the world of the title character for “Enola Holmes,” based on the YA book series by Nancy Springer about the teenage sister of Sherlock Holmes.The film, which bows on Netflix on Sept.

Enola Holmes is actually based on a YA mystery series written by Nancy Springer called They include different characters and themes borrowed from the classic Sherlock stories to create Enola’s world, and the series starts the same way the movie does: With her mother’s disappearance. You won’t find any mentions of Enola in any other Sherlock stories, which is what makes this part of the Sherlock universe so unique.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorMillie Bobby Brown is a force to be reckoned with. The 16-year-old actor not only stars as the title character of Sherlock Holmes’ sister in the new period adventure film “Enola Holmes,” but the movie also marks her first time as a producer.

Enola Holmes on Netflix tomorrow.Different iterations on the story of Sherlock Holmes have been coming out for decades now, but Enola Holmes is truly a different take than we’ve ever seen.

Joe Utichi Editor, AwardsLineEXCLUSIVE: Nancy Springer’s book series, The Enola Holmes Mysteries, posits a simple idea: rather than re-tread the ground of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories for the thousandth time, what if Sherlock had a little sister whose adventures captured the spirit of the classic detective’s investigations from the perspective of a character beaten down by her young age and the gender norms of the Victorian era? It is the surprisingly rich recipe for a series of

There is a long, questionable and occasionally successful tradition of spinning off iconic literary and film characters through relatives distant and not from James Bond Jr. to John Shaft II and III.

Enola Holmes is dropping in just a few days, putting a different spin on literature's most famous detective – by focusing on his teenage sister.That doesn't mean Sherlock himself isn't in it, or that he doesn't get any character development.

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Enola Holmes brings together Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin and Helena Bonham Carter for a mystery that only the sister of literature's most famous detective can solve.While the cast are all big Hollywood stars, the leading lady is still a teenage girl, which means that she is, of course, obsessed with Love Island.

Helena Bonham Carter believes Millie Bobby Brown would have lost out on the role of Enola Holmes to a black actress if the film was made in 2020.The mystery movie, based on Nancy Springer’s books, centers upon the teenage sister of an already-famous Sherlock Holmes, began shooting last year (2019), and is released on Netflix on Wednesday (September 23, 2020).Helena thinks that if the movie were produced now, it might have has a different lead due to Hollywood’s focus on racial diversity

Based on the first book in Nancy Springer’s YA Enola Holmes series—“The Case of the Missing Marquess” — about Sherlock Holmes’ precocious younger sister and the various mysteries she has to solve, Netflix’s movie adaptation of the inaugural book is an absolute delight.

Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, and Sam Claflin star in Netflix's Enola Holmes, the upbeat and enjoyable YA adventure debuting Sept. 23 that is likely to breed sequels for the streaming service.

Based on the first book in Nancy Springer’s YA Enola Holmes series—“The Case of the Missing Marquess” — about Sherlock Holmes’ precocious younger sister and the various mysteries she has to solve, Netflix’s movie adaptation of the inaugural book is an absolute delight.

In the well over a century since authors started writing their own stories starring Arthur Conan Doyle's signature character, Sherlock Holmes has been revived from the dead in the future, fought Lovecraftian horrors and been transported to the Holodeck of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown is getting candid about her personal life and mental health. The 16-year-old actress recently chatted with Glamour UK and discussed Enola Holmes, her anxiety and more.