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I acknowledge that I'm not the target audience for this movie, but come on, it still could have been more entertaining than it was.

"Enola Holmes" is a heavy handed girl power movie that awkwardly tries to jam a 21st century female empowerment theme into a corset. The movie is annoyingly aware of itself -- the main actress is always looking straight into the camera, winking and smirking and talking to the audience like we're part of the action -- but not good enough to pull it off. The movie wants to have its cake and eat it too. Enola is a feminist role model for young girls yet the movie still seems to find a way to stick her tomboy character in a restrictive Victorian gown so that she can look pretty. It's ok, you see, because she CHOOSES to wear the dress as part of a disguise. She then proceeds to do martial arts while wearing the dress, which pretty much negates every point the movie made up to that point in time about how corsets were just one convention society engineered to keep women contained in their place.

Young girls might like this movie. Maybe?.....

Grade: C

I was hoping for something at least pleasant to watch while eating but boy, I was wrong. Bad bad bad movie, predictable, shallow and cringe. I am a woman feminist, but this movie is just horrible.

Millie Bobby Brown is an amazing young actress with a bright future ahead of her. That said, this story is a mess and basically serves as a launch platform for Millie's career and little else.

Towards the end it devolves into a plot-less hodge podge about something or other, then slams the viewer with a bunch of feminist talking points and then hides behind them, daring the viewer to criticise the cinematographic merits of the movie lest they be called out for being anti-feminist Conservative MAGA types.

Well, I'm not buying it.

Creating strong female leads is fine and dandy if you have a story that supports it organically - and that isn't new at all. Just look at Alien and others before and after it. Look at The Expanse TV show and even Millies' own Stranger Things. They all feature strong female leads, but the plots accommodate them naturally. Lately many movies seem to feel like the strong female lead has been shoehorned into the plot and that feels forced accordingly. In this case however, while the plot was written with a female lead in mind - the story itself was forced and all over the place and then it took a cheap political shot to try and hide that fact at the end.

There were a few laughs though, to give it some credit - but little else.

Basically it is aimed at young teenage girls.

I would not go into the book and all. This movie simply tries to milk Miley Bobby Browns popularity. And make no mistake, she looks and acts wonderful. But if you were looking for mystery, there isn't one. It basically turns out to be a teen drama which has feminist virtues. At half point in the movie you feel bored and the end truly disappoints. Even if you overlook the historical inaccuracies. Half the movie is watchable rest of it is painful

It was fine film. This is all you can say for this film, it was fine. The 4th wall breaks were weird and made me feel like I was Dora The Explorer at some points. The best part of the film was the acting, but everything was fine. I will probably never see this film again. Edit: I just found out that the same director of photography was the same man who did the director of photography for Hell or High Water. I am so confused you did an amazing job in that film but you gave the most boring work on this film. WHAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT?

The movie was OK. Not that special. With a cast like Henry cavill as sherlock, I started wondering his envolvement but it turns out he barely appears in the movie. Also the mothers part of the movie gets lost in the movie. The reason to her disappearance isn't obvious e the women's right movement also dissapears in the movie. The cast was good but a little wasted in this movie.

People are criticizing this film for the wrong reasons. I am a leftie and a feminist myself, but yes, the girl power message was too on the nose and came off as forced. And yes, racism apparently did not exist in that time. But I can overlook that as this seems to be more of a "fun" movie.

However, what actually bothers me is the shallow story line, the lack of mystery, Enola's over the top reactions, the poor choice to have her talk directly to the camera, the poor editing (too fast paced, too many cuts during the same scene - the intro alone had me upset), the forced "romance", the lack of character development, not using the other great cast members as they should have.. I could go on. Mainly I feel like I was watching Disney Channel. But maybe this was meant for kids and they did not communicate that well enough?

I guess it is an OK watch if you are super hungover. But in that case I'd just watch Ferris Bueller's Day Off again.

If you love whatever is the name of the child actress, go watch it. She has done a fabulous job but the movie is boring asf. I had this image of hyperactive Sherlock on the mind which got completely ruined after this movie and made me think that the character could have been anything. Maybe should have included Benedict Cumberbatch

Millie Bobby whatever is not a good actress. She might become one with time, but it is impossible to watch in this movie. The cutesy performance makes it unbearable. Cavill is no picnic either. It might be the directors fault o just lack of talent. Time will tell. For now, it was a chore to watch.

This movie is made for kids to teens, some early adults might prefer it, but adults who have been raised on original SH will not like it.

Just to include and engage diversity/different nationalities you can't play even with some fictions whose core audience would not accept it - Lestrade of 1800s played by a Pakistani actor! Who in right mind would accept that - just kids.

Plus even in novels, Mycroft is not as vicious a person as shown, this was over exaggeration.

So fan of Sherlock Holmes novels (even Benedict's or RDJ's SH), can let this one go, this one is for younger audience.

What works for this movie is the amazing performance by Millie, with good enough supporting roles from A-listers. The film is always entertaining, I never got bored. The message it's trying to convey might feel to the nose if you think too much into it as a period piece. Story might feel kind of simple mystery in perspective of Sherlock Holmes. But beautiful production, cinematography and an engaging lead makes this recommended watch.

It was really interesting to see another movie related to Sherlock Holmes and tbh I had high expectations but unfortunately it was not up to it, expected more mysteries and cases because that's what "Holmes" Refers to literally. 4 star rating for the attempt

Overall the movie was decent, but very preachy with all of the man hating comments by the female characters and behaviors of the male characters. I would have enjoyed it more if the movie was more about the story of the characters and less about promoting feminism.

Another film that seeks to "educate" viewers and is rather heavy-handed about it. Women's rights, girl power, finding and embracing oneself, the brutality of misogyny and racism, a telegraphed ending... as Bill the Cat would say, "ACK!" There are so many cuts in every scene, the director must think viewers have the attention spans of gnats. Though the premise might have been clever, a very dissatisfying film altogether.

... then this movie is for you. I can see how this is probably a lot of fun for people who don't care about the Sherlock Holmes franchise but if you look for accuracy and people being portrayed true to character then this is not for you.

The movie would have been a small 7 but using the name Holmes rises some expectations that are in no way met. It's a nice coming of age story but nothing more than that. If the cast wasn't like it is, it would have probably only be a tv movie. Really disappointing.

I watched this thinking that I'd have a good plot but it didn't live up to my expectations at all. I mean I understand that they wanted a "female character in power" but in that process they totally flattened Sherlock's and Mycroft's personalities. The plot was a bit off cause we spend the first half of the movie thinking that we are looking for the mother but then Boom no we will look for the boy. And then the mother comes out of nowhere. It didn't live up to my expectations and destroyed Sherlock's and Mycroft's character and there was no jhon. 😬 The movie could have been made without specifying that enola was related to Sherlock they could've created a new background for her.

With a very good, well-known cast, maybe I was expecting too much. I watched this with my 19 year old daughter, she enjoyed this more than I, but the story wasn't really that strong and the continuity felt "disjointed". Things just seemed to "happen" because a writer said "wow.. we need to throw SOMETHING.. ANYTHING.. in here!" If I wanted a character talking to the camera (which really WAS pointless for this movie), I would have watched "The Office" (at least in that case it's meant to felt like a documentary). I'm sure someone who wrote or directed this thought "this will be novel", but they forget that watching a movie like this is to "be a part of the story for the audience". I give them credit for not, at least, stopping the movie completely to ask the food services people what THEY thought, or a cutaway shot of the production crew behind cameras watching the production. (Which, for me, is what it's like having a character go between interacting with the other characters and stopping to talk to the camera in this sort of movie.) It was a LONG two hours! I'll take a Robert Downey Jr. "Holmes" movie any day over this!! I really think this movie had the potential to be a whole LOT more!! I gave it a four out of 10. Won't be watching it again.. nor would I recommend it. "Reel Tunez... The Radio Show All About the Movies"

(if you're not anymore 16, it is just..) ...another (extremely) boring product (bought by netflix) !

If you're a fan of the series Sherlock Holmes, you will get disappointed with this one. I know that the attack on the main character Enola is different, however it seems like the plot and story telling is poorly written. I expected exciting plots in which I wouldn't have seen coming, however as the story progress, they just keep on throwing details that aren't very much useful towards the end. Based on the trailer it should have been Enola's search for herself and her mother, but sadly you wouldn't get to be excited about it.

The love story for me is irrelevant.

Good casting though. Also, this is so Netflix-y. You can feel how they're trying to please targeted viewers by adding plots that doesn't make sense towards the story.

Giving this a generous 4/10.

Homes when you heard this name, one thibg comes in your mind... That we are going to see some mysterious things. But in this movie Enola Homes(Milliebobybrown), Nothing Mysterious Why I waste my time. Such a boring storyline..

An uninteresting story, to the extent that anyone can, or wants to, understand it. But that's what happens when your real priority is to be a feminist statement. Has great production values, in recreating turn of the century England. And, of course, there's about zero effort in trying reflect how people and life were then, instead relying on 1920 woke ideals and caricatures.

A big theme is the woman's suffrage movement, and the mom's disappearing regarding (and where she gives a totally incomprehensible explanation). It's no coincidence that this movement followed the industrial revolution, as that is created more options in society for people, and most particularly for women. The "white males bad" theme as shown in the move, seems to ignore, or is ignorant of, the fact that men created the Industrial Revolution, thus facilitating women's greatly increased options including giving rise to woman's suffrage ("we're all in this together" as the saying goes)