While the mystery might be elementary (my dear, notably absent, Watson), the storytelling is winkingly subversive, proclaiming that a new and welcome game is afoot.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 14, 2021

Buoyant and precocious without being even slightly annoying, Brown has pinpoint comic timing, infectious perk, and a wholesome, tomboyish aura: imagine a young Keira Knightley crossed with Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 20, 2020

"Enola Homes" is the kind of movie that the preteen set will surely delight in and watch over and over. I know I would have.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 30, 2020

[Millie Bobby Brown] has been transfixing audiences for three seasons on Netflix's sci-fi smash "Stranger Things," but even to fans of the series, her performance here is a revelation.

| Original Score: A- | Oct 14, 2020

At a little more than two hours, "Enola Holmes" may be a tad long, but there are a lot of threads to unravel and it does so more than satisfactorily.

| Oct 14, 2020

Enola Holmes is that rare gift that falls under the umbrella of 'family film' that still packs a great satisfying wallop for adult audiences too.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 13, 2020

[Millie Bobby Brown] is a delight. She gets to be joyful and she is just radiant, effervescent, and has incredible comic timing.

| Sep 30, 2020

An ideal work for its target audience, with its positive and affirmational message and the considerable charm of its star.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 29, 2020

The Arthur Conan Doyle estate needn't fret over unauthorized cribbing. All that's really left of Holmes here is the name.

| Original Score: C | Sep 28, 2020

Just the burst of color and energy the Sherlock Holmes film universe needed. A delightful adventure with an infectious charm, energy and rip-roaring pace.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 26, 2020

It's smart enough to be very much its own thing, and that thing very much belongs to its young star, Millie Bobby Brown.

| Sep 25, 2020

As smart as Enola is, what's more impressive is how Brown has been able to pull off such a film. Not only has she found the perfect vehicle to advance her clever and progressive image, but she's also drawn hefty talent around her.

| Sep 25, 2020

[Millie Bobby] Brown gets to be witty, candid, and confident -- all the things a young heroine needs to inspire the next generation.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 25, 2020

Playing the kid sister to Henry Cavill's Sherlock Holmes, 'Stranger Things' star Millie Bobby Brown, just 16, shines her talent on its highest beams and creates a family entertainment that is totally irresistible.

| Sep 25, 2020

[Brown is] the bright, sustaining spirit of a film that surrounds her with a fine cast and lovely trappings in a pleasantly twisty detective story that's elevated by the exuberance of Enola's detecting.

| Sep 24, 2020

Look at the movie as a source of endless sequels, and you might sigh wearily. Reframe it as a star vehicle, however, and its charms are elementary.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 24, 2020

Based on the charms of "Enola Holmes," Netflix should be eager to keep this game afoot as long as its stars are willing to keep playing.

| Sep 24, 2020

Based on Nancy Springer's series of novels, director Harry Bradbeer's action-packed family film is a pip from beginning to end, and features one of the strongest young female heroines since Katniss Everdeen hit the bullseye.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 24, 2020

"Enola Holmes" offers brisk and exuberant escape from the heaviness of modern times, with its leading actress lending her own appealing touches to the journey. When the game is afoot, she's more than capable, not just of keeping up, but winning the day.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 23, 2020

Even if the message of empowerment has a flat-pack quality, all involved have clearly been told: have fun! It goes a long way...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 23, 2020