Millie Bobby Brown Cracks the Case Again in Whip-Smart ‘Enola Holmes 2’
Stranger Thing aside, where has Millie Bobby Brown been up to all these years? She’s starred in a couple of Godzilla movies, gone viral on the internet several times (once for an “Imagine” video, once for being a flat Earther, and a few times for her appearance on Hot Ones), and continued to re-shave her head for Stranger Things. But Netflix’s Enola Holmes movies should solidify the young actress as a buoyant leading lady, with the perfect amount of naivete, wit, and pluckiness to carry a movie.
Alas, only Netflix seems to have picked up on Brown’s undeniable charisma. Unfortunately, it’s taken the streamer years to update her two unfolding storylines. New seasons of Stranger Things, as we all know, take years to come out, and it’s been another couple of years since her triumphant Enola Holmes debuted. But Enola Holmes 2 is finally here to break the fourth wall all over again, with another wonderful performance from the chipper leading actress and her flurry of delightful co-stars.
Since it’s been a few years without her, let’s recap where we left little Miss Enola. In the wake of finding her radical feminist mother Eudoria (Helena Bonham Carter), the young lass realized her calling in life was to become a detective—just like her older brother, Sherlock (Henry Cavill). Heard of him? Well, he’s also on board with becoming Enola’s legal guardian, since their mother’s got bigger fires to put out (or rather, set). Enola’s also not so sure where she stands with her love interest, the devilishly charming Lord Tewkesbury (Louis Partridge).