A (Rather Mysterious) Review

My boyfriend is a major film nerd, and one of our favorite long-distance dates is a movie + video call. 😁

We get to see each other’s reactions real time and discuss the movie a little afterwards. Most of the time, it’s us filling each other in on favorite movies the other missed (he’s a veritable movie tour guide 😁), but we recently found a film we both hadn’t seen yet, which proved quite fun. 😉

Instead of a book review, I thought today I’d share a movie review.

Enola Holmes

3.5/5 stars

(Review originally posted on Letterboxd)

As a certified aficionado of all things Sherlock Holmes, I was quite excited to watch this movie with my boyfriend.

I very much enjoyed the unique storytelling style. The scrapbooked scenes accompanying narration were delightfully Victorian and fresh. 

Speaking of narration… There is no longer a fourth wall. For me, this aspect of the movie was delightful, though a little misplaced in an action scene.

Millie Bobby Brown was FANTASTIC. I look forward to seeing her in more roles, for sure. Henry Cavill wasn’t quite believable as Sherlock, but I enjoyed his brotherliness and the air that he definitely was picking up on more than others. 😉 Louis Partridge was delightful.

The mystery was slightly guessable for me, but intensely fun. I did find the storyline with Eudoria a disappointment though after reflection I understand it more. Enola choosing her own path was fabulous. Some of the themes were both too on the nose and too subtle for me which was my main dislike about the movie.

A+ for utterly feminine costuming during fight scenes. And the soundtrack = 😍

Where’s my sequel?

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Content warning for intense male anger directed toward a young girl, near death experiences, sudden shocking death, waterboarding, garrotte choking, and blasphemy.

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There you go!

Have you seen Enola Holmes yet? Don’t you just love the trailer aesthetic? 😍