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<strong>October</strong> 4, <strong>2020</strong> - MESSENGER - PAGE 9<br />
“Enola Holmes” is entertaining for all ages<br />
While preparing to watch and review a<br />
new movie or television show in which I<br />
have aged, allegedly, past its target demographic,<br />
I often try to experience it through<br />
the lens of a younger version of myself.<br />
And in order to tap into the mindset of<br />
that bygone era, I ask a series of questions<br />
during and after the viewing.<br />
They include whether my younger self<br />
would have liked the characters or have<br />
been annoyed by them; whether my<br />
younger self would have found more enjoyment<br />
in the story being told or by crafting<br />
a different version in real-time; or whether<br />
my younger self would be embarrassed if<br />
the older version publicly stated that she<br />
liked it.<br />
For the most part, the younger version<br />
and the current form can find common<br />
ground through similar but evolved interests<br />
and that certainly applies in the case<br />
of “Enola Holmes,” a new film streaming on<br />
Netflix that is geared toward young adults<br />
but can be enjoyed by all age demographics.<br />
There is plenty here in the form of entertainment<br />
to go around, which is actually<br />
surprising because my adult self thought<br />
the opposite based on its trailer.<br />
In this charming film, Millie Bobby<br />
Brown plays the titular character who is<br />
the youngest of the famed Holmes children<br />
— brother Sherlock (played by Henry<br />
The Reel Deal<br />
Dedra<br />
Cordle<br />
Cavill) is making a<br />
name for himself in the<br />
world of criminology<br />
and the elder Mycroft<br />
(played by Sam Claflin)<br />
is known throughout<br />
polite society as a man<br />
of impeccable character<br />
and good standing.<br />
While much is<br />
known about the<br />
dashing and intelligent<br />
brothers, little is known about their<br />
sister, and that is just the way their mother<br />
wants it to be.<br />
After the death of her husband and following<br />
the relocation of her sons to the city,<br />
Eudoria Holmes (Helena Bonham Carter)<br />
decided that she did not want to raise her<br />
daughter in the traditional sense. Gone were<br />
the finishing schools with their rules and<br />
deference to a man’s opinion and in its place<br />
were studies on the sciences, martial arts<br />
and the importance of speaking one’s mind.<br />
Through this unorthodox education,<br />
especially in Victorian times, Enola flourished<br />
but formed a deep attached to her<br />
mother in lieu of friendships with children<br />
her age. Knowing that her child had to be<br />
more independent, Eudoria did the only<br />
thing she could think of: cut the strings to<br />
make it happen.<br />
On the morning of her 16th birthday,<br />
Enola wakes to find her mother has disappeared.<br />
Believing that her brother<br />
Sherlock could solve this mystery in two<br />
seconds flat, she requests that he and<br />
Mycroft return home. When they arrive,<br />
Enola discovers that the only thing they<br />
want to do is fix her.<br />
“She is such a mess,” declares Mycroft<br />
as he hires a reputable governess to drag<br />
her off to a finishing school.<br />
Before such a travesty can occur, Enola<br />
puts her own sleuthing skills to work and<br />
uncovers some clues as to her mother’s<br />
potential whereabouts.<br />
Wanting to know why she left (and not<br />
wanting to go to boarding school and learn<br />
how to “embroider and hem handkerchiefs”),<br />
she runs away to London to solve<br />
this mystery. But like all good mysteries,<br />
there is a secondary mystery afoot that<br />
involves a missing young Lord (Louis<br />
Partridge), a reform bill and an underground<br />
movement set to shake up society.<br />
With her brothers on her heels, along with<br />
an apparent assassin, Enola has to make<br />
sense of all of these semi-related threads<br />
while finding her footing in a new world<br />
that is openly hostile to spirited young<br />
women like herself.<br />
Though its plot is a little clunky<br />
and darker plot threads are dropped<br />
in favor of simplicity, the charm of its<br />
lead character and the chemistry<br />
between the cast members are good<br />
enough to propel it past any bumps<br />
that occur in this origin story.<br />
Based on a series of novels by Nancy<br />
Springer (though primarily adapted from<br />
“The Case of the Missing Marquess”),<br />
“Enola Holmes” is a great starting point for<br />
a planned movie franchise. Though its plot<br />
is a little clunky and darker plot threads<br />
are dropped in favor of simplicity, the<br />
charm of its lead character and the chemistry<br />
between the cast members are good<br />
enough to propel it past any bumps that<br />
occur in this origin story.<br />
With wit and an overarching sense of<br />
sweetness, “Enola Holmes” is a fun movie<br />
to watch, though it is about 25 minutes too<br />
long.<br />
But despite a few pacing and dropped<br />
thread gripes, it is an entertaining film<br />
that almost all age groups should be able to<br />
enjoy.<br />
Grade: B<br />
Dedra Cordle is a <strong>Messenger</strong> staff writer<br />
and columnist.<br />
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