“Enola Holmes” came out on Netflix Sept. 23 and within a few hours of its release, the movie gained raving reviews–and I’m in total agreement. “Enola Holmes” has something for everyone from its inclusion of the time like reform and feminism in England to the elegant wardrobe and fight scenes.

The movie “Enola Holmes” is based off of Nancy Springer’s Enola Holmes book series The Case of the Missing Marquess. The plot of the book and movie both stay on the same path. Enola, played by Millie Bobby Brown, is the younger sister of Sherlock Holmes, played by Henry Cavill, and Mycroft Holmes, played by Sam Claflin.

Enola’s brothers left when she was very young and have not been in contact with her till Enola’s mother Eudoria, played by Helena Bonham Carter, goes missing. When the brothers arrive Mycroft is shocked to see that Enola is unfit to be a traditional English woman and uneducated, by his definition, so he decides to send her to a finishing school (a private school where girls are prepared for entry into fashionable society). Enola, disagreeing with his plan, runs away to try and find her mother on her own but ends up finding a mystery to be solved in a runaway boy/lord also known as the missing Marquess, played by Louis Partridge. 

The movie then continues with fighting, murder plots and sexist men.

I think that one of the best things about the movie is that it shines a light on Feminism. Enola is strong-willed and doesn’t want a man which is out of the norm for girls of her time. She’s willing to stand up for what she believes in and doesn’t care if she proves a man to be wrong. Also, Eudoria is a strong feminist herself– she is a suffragette.

Additionally, one thing I enjoyed about the movie was how Enola breaks the fourth wall (an invisible wall that separates the characters from the audience). For examples of this outside of Enola would be Deadpool or pretty much any character from “Loony Toons.” Enola breaks the way to explain her plains but also to add comic relief or to give more of her backstory which helps us follow along with the story. Her breaking the fourth also lets us see inside her head more than we usually can with the main characters in movies.

Now, you may think this is a movie just for girls and while granted it does have a main character as a girl and does have feminism around every corner, I don’t believe boys will want to gouge their eyes out while seeing it. There are guns, hand to hand combat, and very little love interest. It is also kid-friendly as it’s not inappropriate but might be a little too advanced for young children to understand with its big concepts and words. The movie should also be enjoyable for adults as it’s not a corny kids or teen movie.

Granted while there are a lot of amazing things about this movie I do have one complaint. Is how the fight scene seems very accurate. From how they fight, where they fight, what happens during the fight and what doesn’t.

Even though it has some stuff that I did not enjoy, I would still say that “Enola Holmes,” deserves 5 stars and is very entertaining to a broad group of people, with its action, historical accuracy, and incredible wit. The movie never has a dull moment.