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  • 2020
  • PG-13
  • Netflix
  • 2 h 3 m
  • 2020
  • PG-13
  • Netflix
  • 2 h 3 m

Summary England, 1884 – a world on the brink of change. On the morning of her 16th birthday, Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) wakes to find that her mother (Helena Bonham Carter) has disappeared, leaving behind an odd assortment of gifts but no apparent clue as to where she’s gone or why. After a free-spirited childhood, Enola suddenly finds he...

Directed By: Harry Bradbeer

Written By: Jack Thorne, Nancy Springer, Arthur Conan Doyle

  • 2020
  • PG-13
  • Netflix
  • 2 h 3 m
  • 2020
  • PG-13
  • Netflix
  • 2 h 3 m

Enola Holmes

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews
68
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 888 User Ratings
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Summary England, 1884 – a world on the brink of change. On the morning of her 16th birthday, Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) wakes to find that her mother (Helena Bonham Carter) has disappeared, leaving behind an odd assortment of gifts but no apparent clue as to where she’s gone or why. After a free-spirited childhood, Enola suddenly finds he...

Directed By: Harry Bradbeer

Written By: Jack Thorne, Nancy Springer, Arthur Conan Doyle

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews
68
77% Positive
24 Reviews
19% Mixed
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3% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 31 Critic Reviews
68
77% Positive
24 Reviews
19% Mixed
6 Reviews
3% Negative
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95
Sep 28, 2020
Enola Holmes is an engaging, exciting mystery that the entire family will enjoy. The direction is spot on, the acting is brilliant, the plot is intriguing, and the cinematography is fantastic. But the ending is a letdown, not trusting audiences to be content with Enola’s arc.
By Bobby LePire FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 24, 2020
The match of material and star works so well that the story’s relative simplicity and undercooked quality aren’t too much of a stumbling block. It’s a perfect next step for Brown, and hopefully a sign of greater things to come.
By Karen Han FULL REVIEW

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 888 User Ratings
2.8
25% Positive
218 Ratings
10% Mixed
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65% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 888 User Ratings
2.8
25% Positive
218 Ratings
10% Mixed
91 Ratings
65% Negative
579 Ratings

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10
outlaststanding
Jun 18, 2022
If you are fans of 'The Enola Holmes Mysteries' novels by Nancy Springer, you would like this movie also.
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10
Vysion
Apr 7, 2021
Loved it!! Expected nothing and was blown away! Well written beautifully proformed and fantastic cinematography a pleasure! Highly recommend this movie to all
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75
Sep 23, 2020
This may be the start of a most welcome girl-powered franchise.
By Christy Lemire FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 7, 2020
Enola Holmes doesn’t just use its heroine as a cute way to nod at progressive thinking; it fully embraces a story that is, at its heart, deeply feminist.
By Kate Erbland FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 7, 2020
It successfully imagines a place for its heroine in Holmes' world, then convinces young viewers that Enola needn't be constrained by that world's borders.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 22, 2020
Enola Holmes is a little overwrought, but Millie Bobby Brown's charming heroine and Henry Cavill's fun Sherlock pull off all the twists and turns.
By Molly Freeman FULL REVIEW
25
Sep 18, 2020
A bright young actress, a movie-star actor and a potentially interesting concept gets smothered in 128 minutes of colorful, empty nonsense.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
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10
taliiaa
Jan 18, 2021
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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6
CarlElmore
Nov 24, 2022
Millie Bobby Brown does a good job here but the humor isn't that great and the story isn't super engaging.
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6
KJ_20
Nov 13, 2022
It's great, well acted and holds a sincere connection to the audience. While it might not be Sherlock Holmes, it is a much more milder, and sometimes boring version.
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3
Wedhro
Jan 10, 2023
The Fabulous World of Amélie meets Conan Doyle and it's a trainwreck. The premise is acceptable: we don't know anything about Sherlock's family and his brother Mycroft was introduced out of the blue, so Enola and their mother might have existed and be this quirky, no problems with that. M.B. Brown does a decent job but she's no Audrey Tautou, or at least the movie makes her look more like a caricature than a relatable character. Those are the good parts. The bad parts is a victorian London that feels like a trite stereotype from people who know nothing about it and, worse, not something Doyle would have wrote. Both Sherlock brothers are done wrong, especially Mycroft. I read all the damn books and this felt like some fanfiction written in America, especially the awful dialogues. Then, the cringy af feminism. Nobody herd that word in the 1880s and the only instances of modernity in Sherlock Holmes books are found at end of the series, 20 years later, when Queen Victoria dies and the characters realize the world is changing. Whether Doyle's victorian London was realistic or not, at least the guy lived there. The writers here obviously didn't, and didn't even care enough to pretend.
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imthenoob
Oct 12, 2020
Despite having a great cast that makes this movie watchable, Enola Holmes suffers from terrible writing and a bland story that fails to be even remotely interesting. Not to mention the crippling slow pace that the second act suffers from. What could have been an enjoyable movie becomes a nearly insufferable bore.
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Production Company Netflix, Legendary Entertainment, PCMA Management and Productions
Release Date Sep 23, 2020
Duration 2 h 3 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Mystery runs in the family
Website https://www.netflix.com/title/81277950
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Awards

International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)
• 2 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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