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Enola Holmes 2
Official release poster
Directed byHarry Bradbeer
Screenplay byJack Thorne
Story by
  • Harry Bradbeer
  • Jack Thorne
Based onThe Enola Holmes Mysteries
by Nancy Springer
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGiles Nuttgens
Edited byAdam Bosman
Music byDaniel Pemberton[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
HBO Max
Release date
  • 4 November 2022 (2022-11-04)
Running time
129 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish

Enola Holmes 2 is a 2022 mystery film, sequel to the 2020 film Enola Holmes based on the young adult fiction series of the same name by Nancy Springer. The movie is directed by Harry Bradbeer from a screenplay written by Jack Thorne and an original story they co-wrote together.[2] The film stars Millie Bobby Brown, reprising her role as Enola Holmes and Henry Cavill as Sherlock Holmes, with Louis Partridge, Susie Wokoma, Adeel Akhtar, and Helena Bonham Carter also reprising their supporting roles, while David Thewlis and Sharon Duncan-Brewster are added as new cast members.

Enola Holmes 2 was released on November 4, 2022 by Netflix[3] and received positive reviews from critics.

Unlike the first Enola Holmes film (2020) (based upon The Case of the Missing Marquess), this film is not an adaptation of a novel in the The Enola Holmes Mysteries series by Nancy Springer, but instead adds a fictional twist to the 1888 matchgirls' strike and the life of labour activist Sarah Chapman.

Plot

After the events of the first film, Enola Holmes (2020), Enola starts her own detective agency, but struggles to get clients, finding herself in the shadow of her brother, famous detective Sherlock Holmes. One day, a young girl named Bess Chapman comes to the detective agency to report her missing sister Sarah Chapman. Bess and Sarah worked at the same match factory, Lyons, where match-girls regularly fall ill and die from typhus. Though everyone believes Sarah ran away, Bess thinks she is in trouble. Bess takes Enola to the factory, where Enola meets the hot-headed Mae. Enola sneaks into the office to find old models of the matches, which had red tips instead of the current white tips.

Suspicious of Mae, Enola follows her to the Paragon Theatre, where Mae works a second job, and discovers that Sarah did as well. Enola learns that Sarah had a lover and finds his poem in a vanity drawer. On her way home, she finds Sherlock stumbling out of a pub, drunk. She brings him home, and realizes he is unable to solve his latest case. She learns that the poem for Sarah is a code leading to the address of 28 Bell Place at Whitechapel.

Enola visits the location and finds Mae stabbed and dying. She fails to save her, but discovers a piece of sheet music in Mae's dress. Superintendent Grail and Inspector Lestrade storm into the house and accuse her of murder, with her having no evidence to prove otherwise. She escapes through the window and is chased by policemen. She manages to make it to Sherlock's place, where he plays the sheet music for her, finding it off-key. His latest case involves blackmail of government officials, but he can't trace the owner of the accounts where the money is sent. Sherlock tells her to stay and leaves to clear her name, but Enola figures out that Sarah's lover will be at a ball hosted by the Lyons family, and heads there.

At the ball, Enola meets Cicely, a friendly noblewoman who seems to have affections for Tewkesbury, and chats with Mira Troy, secretary to Treasury Minister Lord Charles McIntyre. She sees Tewkesbury, who teaches her how to dance so she can find an opportunity to find out more from William Lyon, the son of the match factory's owner and Sarah's lover. He tells her to meet him at midnight in the library, where she is arrested and carried away by the police. She is about to be hanged when her mother and Edith rescue her and fight the police to escape.

Heading to Sarah's house to warn Bessie about the danger, she realizes that Sarah had found out that match-girls were falling ill from the cheap white phosphorus used in the matches, not typhus. She visits Tewkesbury and tells him about the clues. During the meeting, Cicely visits Tewkesbury while Enola hides. After Cicely leaves, Enola realizes that Cicely is actually Sarah in disguise and that her and William were working together to expose the Match Factory. Tewskbury and Enola profess their love for each other and head to the factory where they encounter Sherlock, who tells her that their cases are connected. They deduce Lord McIntyre had a deal with William's father to use cheap phosphorus to make more profits, at the cost of killing the match-girls. The trio discover William dead with the same sheet music Enola had discovered on Mae's body. Upon discovering that the sheet music is actually a map of the Paragon Theatre, they meet Sarah, who confirms Enola's findings and reveals she and William needed Tewkesbury's help to expose McIntyre. As Enola informs Sarah of William's death, Grail, along with several policemen, appears holding Bessie hostage. Bessie bites him and escapes with Sarah while the trio fight the policemen, resulting in Grail falling to his death.

Lord McIntyre arrives with Lestrade and other policemen and burns the evidence. Sherlock and Enola deduce that Mira Troy is actually Moriarty and used what she knew to blackmail McIntyre and the Lyons. When Sarah, William, and Mae tried to expose the factory, she had William and Mae killed to preserve her blackmail scheme. Sarah, Bessie and Enola successfully convince the factory workers to call a strike, revealing the real reasons behind the sickness and deaths. McIntyre is arrested with Tewkesbury's help, while Mira escapes police custody. Enola sets up a new office at Edith's shop, where Sherlock offers her a partnership. Enola declines, but agrees to meet him on Thursday evening. Tewkesbury later comes by, and invites Enola to a ball.

In the post-credits scene, on Thursday at 4 when Sherlock is expecting Enola, he instead finds a man at the front door sent by her, who introduces himself as Dr. John Watson and offers to be Sherlock's flatmate.

Cast

Production

In September 2020, co-producer and star Millie Bobby Brown and director Harry Bradbeer acknowledged their intentions to develop a sequel to Enola Holmes.[4] Brown said she thought only about making the first film until she was on set, then she loved playing the character and said it would be a dream to do it again.[5]

In April 2021, a sequel was confirmed to be in development, with Brown and Cavill reprising their roles as Enola Holmes and Sherlock Holmes.[6] Sam Claflin was unable to return as Mycroft Holmes due to scheduling conflicts, much to the sadness of Bradbeer and the crew, though Mycroft's absence allowed them to concentrate on Sherlock much more.[7] In May 2021, the project was officially confirmed by Netflix.[8][9] Brown was reportedly paid $10 million for her role.[10]

Production and filming began in Autumn 2021.[11] Scenes were filmed in Hull in October 2021.[12][13]

Cavill wrapped filming in November 2021.[14] Filming concluded on January 7, 2022.[15]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 91% of 58 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The website's consensus reads: "Building on its predecessor with boisterously entertaining flair, Enola Holmes 2 solves the mystery of how to make a satisfying sequel – and makes it look positively elementary."[16] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 62 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[17]

References

  1. ^ @filmmusicrep (March 16, 2022). "Daniel Pemberton to return as composer for Netflix's 'Enola Holmes 2' starring Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Lo…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ https://thecinemaholic.com/is-enola-holmes-2-based-on-a-true-story/
  3. ^ "Enola Holmes 2 First Look and Premiere Date Revealed". August 18, 2022.
  4. ^ Utichi, Joe (September 22, 2020). "Millie Bobby Brown & Harry Bradbeer On Crafting A Modern Superheroine In The Victorian-Era 'Enola Holmes' – Q&A". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  5. ^ Mary Sollosi (September 24, 2020). "Will there be an 'Enola Holmes' sequel? Millie Bobby Brown weighs in". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on September 29, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2020. Oh, yeah, I'll just do one movie
  6. ^ Moore, Kasey (April 22, 2021). "'Enola Holmes 2' Reportedly In Development at Netflix, Brown & Cavill to Return". What's on Netflix. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  7. ^ Villei, Matt (November 1, 2022). "'Enola Holmes 2's Director Explains Sam Claflin's Absence in the Sequel Film". Collider. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  8. ^ Kit, Borys (May 13, 2021). "Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill Returning for 'Enola Holmes' Sequel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  9. ^ "Film and TV Projects Going Into Production - Enola Holmes Sequel". Variety Insight. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  10. ^ Lang, Brent (July 20, 2022). "Inside Movie Stars' Salaries: Joaquin Phoenix Nabs $20M for 'Joker 2,' Tom Cruise Heads to Over $100M and More". Variety.
  11. ^ Cook, Laurence (June 18, 2021). "'Enola Holmes' 2 and More UK Productions are Greenlit + Soon Casting". Backstage.com.
  12. ^ Jonathan Pritchard (October 5, 2021). "City streets transformed as filming of Enola Holmes 2 begins in Yorkshire". Yorkshirepost.co.uk.
  13. ^ "Henry Cavill spotted on Hull set of Netflix film Enola Holmes 2". October 4, 2021.
  14. ^ King, Aidan (November 29, 2021). "'Enola Holmes 2': Henry Cavill Wraps Filming on Sequel". Collider. Retrieved November 29, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ DeVore, Britta (January 7, 2022). "'Enola Holmes 2' Wraps Filming, Millie Bobby Brown and Louis Patridge Celebrate". Collider.com. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  16. ^ "Enola Holmes 2". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved November 4, 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  17. ^ "Enola Holmes 2". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
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