Film Review: Enola Holmes 2
Enola Holmes 2
Legendary Pictures, PCMA Productions
Netflix
Description
Fresh off the triumph of solving her first case, Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) follows in the footsteps of her famous brother, Sherlock (Henry Cavill), and opens her own agency — only to find that life as a female detective-for-hire isn’t as easy as it seems. Resigned to accepting the cold realities of adulthood, she is about to close shop when a penniless matchstick girl offers Enola her first official job: to find her missing sister. But this case proves to be far more puzzling than expected, as Enola is thrown into a dangerous new world — from London’s sinister factories and colorful music halls, to the highest echelons of society and 221B Baker Street itself. As the sparks of a deadly conspiracy ignite, Enola must call upon the help of friends — and Sherlock himself — to unravel her mystery. The game, it seems, has found its feet again!
My Rating
6/10
#whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating
66%
#whatonwhatsgood Express Review (by: Jovin Tardif)
Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) is a teenager who is trying to find her own way as a detective. Her older brother is Sherlock Holmes.
Release date
November 4, 2022
Directed by
Harry Bradbeer
Screenplay by
Jack Thorne
Story by
Harry Bradbeer and Jack Thorne
Based on
The Enola Holmes Mysteries by Nancy Springer
Produced by
Mary Parent, Alex Garcia, Ali Mendes, Millie Bobby Brown and Robert Brown
Starring
Millie Bobby Brown as Enola Holmes
Sofia Stavrinou as young Enola
Henry Cavill as Sherlock Holmes
John Parshall as young Sherlock
David Thewlis as Grail
Louis Partridge as Tewkesbury
Susie Wokoma as Edith
Adeel Akhtar as Lestrade
Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Mira Troy
Helena Bonham Carter as Eudoria Holmes
Himesh Patel as Dr. Watson
Hannah Dodd as Sarah Chapman / Cicely
Abbie Hern as Mae
Róisín Monaghan as Hilda Lyon
Gabriel Tierney as William Lyon
David Westhead as Henry Lyon
Tim McMullan as Charles McIntyre, the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Lee Boardman as Mr. Bill Crouch
Serrana Su-Ling Bliss as Bessie Chapman
Cinematography
Giles Nuttgens
Edited by
Adam Bosman
Music by
Daniel Pemberton
Director Harry Bradbeer discusses Enola Holmes 2
“We wanted this to be more of a grown up film, with a grittier, more dangerous story. We wanted to tell a story that brought Enola into contact with people outside her background and class by introducing her to working girls of her own age. That was something I was very excited about. And so that’s where the match factory idea came in.”
Jack Thorne discusses Enola Holmes 2
“The joy of working on Enola Holmes is working out how to weave her into the canon of Sherlock, and the social history of the United Kingdom. With the first we were able to talk about the extension of the vote, with this Harry and I were so excited to dig into the Match Strike. A moment when the Suffragettes, still in their infancy as they are in the first film, helped the incredible women who demanded better pay and safer conditions in the factories of Bryant & May. It was one of the first events in workers finding solidarity to demand better conditions, and it was led by women. To weave and celebrate Sarah Chapman and others through this film is such a privilege, and we hope will start a real historical celebration of their greatness.”
Millie Bobby Brown discusses Enola Holmes 2
“We’ve really upped the ante from the first film. The first film was about self-exploration, personal growth: a young girl loses her mother, goes to find her mother, has very misogynistic brothers, one of whom, Sherlock, is a work in progress. She’s on this journey of self-exploration with a silly boy (Tewkesbury) that helps her along the way. I loved that approach to the first film. It really gave everyone a peer-eyed view into Enola. But this film isn’t about Enola. It’s about Detective Enola Holmes.”
“I find it so inspiring to think of these young women who basically have no power at all rising up against the system. But also it’s consistent with the theme of sisterhood that runs through this film. Jack and Harry were so clever in how they bring Enola into the movement.”
Legendary Pictures producer Alex Garcia discusses Enola Holmes 2
“Seeing Enola enter the world of the all-but-forgotten matchgirls and struggling to help them from her place of relative privilege was an exciting evolution of the character and themes from the first film. It’s a loss of innocence for Enola — from her dreams dashed at the top of the film with a failing business and then learning the true plight of these girls in society, Enola refuses to back down, learns what’s truly important to her — and that there’s great power in numbers.”
Legendary Pictures producer Ali Mendes discusses Enola Holmes 2
“The first movie did a really great job taking audiences on an emotional journey. It was fun and light and a bit of a romp. We wanted to keep that energy in the second movie but we also wanted to deepen it and heighten the tension. We wanted a deeper mystery, a grander adventure, more action, bigger set pieces, a more mature love story.”
“We have all these different storylines: A murder-mystery, a love story, and a family drama all happening the same time. It’s very complex bringing all these storylines together. They don’t work without one another which is, I think, the mark of a really good story. If you pull one string and you take out the love story, the mystery falls apart. If you try to pull the mystery down, the family dynamics don’t work. Jack and Harry were very successful in crafting the story and making it beautifully complex. You can feel how well they know this character, they know her voice, they’re inside Enola’s head.”
Executive Producer Paige Brown discusses Enola Holmes 2
“We had conversations around the treatment, so we sort of knew what was coming, but we were still awestruck by how creatively it weaves different storylines. It really amplifies the stakes with Enola taking on more dangerous and serious cases so she is able to compete with her brother. I love how we develop her relationship with Sherlock so we get to see the siblings go head to head and that we get to see Eudoria and Enola together again. And then we also have the love story which really melts my heart in this one.”
Mary Parent, Vice Chairman of Worldwide Production at Legendary discusses Enola Holmes 2
“A big part of the success of the first film was Millie’s brilliant portrayal of a young woman coming into her own power. Enola is smart, physically capable, refreshingly witty, and curious about the world around her; making her a formidable opponent for anyone that goes up against her. At the end of the first film, Enola not only declares herself a detective and a finder of lost souls, but she also says definitively that she is ready to forge her own path. In this next chapter we see her really embrace that journey which is exciting. Though the road ahead of her is far more challenging and adventurous than she expected it ultimately proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that she is in control of her own destiny and more than capable of working alongside her brilliant brother Sherlock as an equal.”
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