Film Review – Enola Holmes 2

2020’s “Enola Holmes” became a big hit for Netflix, entertaining family audiences with its semi-spirited take on the YA book franchise by author Nancy Springer. Cinema history is packed with detective stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, but Enola permitted the production to approach sleuthing from a younger POV, with “Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown accepting the challenge of portraying a wily teenager trying to find her own way as a detective, looking to get out of her older brother’s sizable shadow. “Enola Holmes” had issues with pace and overlength, but it did eagerly launch a franchise, and now there’s “Enola Holmes 2,” which continues the story of the kid detective, giving her a new case to solve and personal relationships to sort out. Nothing has been radically altered here, as the sequel is built to delight the same viewers who approved of the first chapter, delivering a serviceable game for the eponymous character and her more famous sibling. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com