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Roger Ebert's site has a positive review. Rotten Tomatoes has a consensus critics score of 91%.
Wednesday, September 08, 2021
Enola Holmes
Enola Holmes is a 2020 film based on the first book in a series about Sherlock Holmes' younger sister. It stars Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter, Burn Gorman, Frances de la Tour, and Fiona Shaw. I watched it on Netflix. It was fun, and if they make a sequel I'll watch it. It does right by the Holmes characters and has a light touch that would make it suitable for kids as well as adults who don't want their crime and mystery movies quite as blood-soaked as they tend to be these days.
trailer:
Roger Ebert's site has a positive review. Rotten Tomatoes has a consensus critics score of 91%.
trailer:
Roger Ebert's site has a positive review. Rotten Tomatoes has a consensus critics score of 91%.
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I wanted to see this movie, so thanks for the recommendation ... the trailer does make it look fun & yes to the less blood soaked stuff of today's selections. Directors do seem to like to blow things up as well & chases that go on & on ... I pose the question to myself, but is that a male thing?
ReplyDeleteI like a variety, so all the big, splashy action and even blood is fine with me, _but_ if that's all there is it gets pretty boring. A take like this that avoids all that is a nice change :)
Delete...I only know the Enola Gay.
ReplyDeleteAll they share is the name ;)
DeleteI thought it was fun. I'll watch (almost) anything with a Holmsian theme and this worked well for many of the reasons you cite.
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I tend to think they should just make up their own story, ya know, without messing with a classic ;) But if they're gonna do it this was a good one :)
DeleteThis sounds good. I prefer mine less blood soaked, too.
ReplyDeleteFYI: Conjuring 3: I liked it!! (It came out on DVD August 24. I think it's also on HBO or some such, if you have that.)
Cool! I've seen the first Conjuring but not the others. I'll look for it, thanks, and I should see Conjuring 2 while I'm at it.
DeleteI watched that a while back -- very nice!
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I wasn't much tempted but am glad I watched it.
DeleteI had NO idea Sherlock had a younger sister. Now I wish I had Netflix.
ReplyDeleteHe doesn't, but they took a lot of liberty with the Holmes story.
DeleteIs that 11 from Stranger Things?
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed :) I'm chomping at the bit for the next season of that. I've finished rewatching the available seasons to prep for it.
DeleteI've seen this film twice and I enjoyed it both times. What a good girl power film!
ReplyDeleteYes, I think they did a good job with the characters.
DeleteThis sounds like a good one so I will check it out.
ReplyDeleteI hope you like it.
DeleteThis looks good, thanks! Have a great day, Valerie
ReplyDeleteI wasn't expecting to like it, to be honest, but I did :)
DeleteThis one has been in my queue. Looks good. Thanks. :)
ReplyDeleteThings stay in my list to be watched forever. Somehow I just never get to them *sigh*
DeleteI liked this movie a lot -- she's fun and I liked the brothers' relationship, too. Worth a watch!
ReplyDeleteShe is fun, and if they're gonna take liberties like this with known characters I'm glad they were respectful. I look forward to a sequel :)
DeleteI hadn't come across this film, it does sound good.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
I just happened across it. I'm glad I did.
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