Enola Holmes 2

For once, the sequel is better.

Cheesy. But enjoyable.

Some of the editing reminds me of the (much superior) Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock TV series.

Inspired by the book series The Enola Holmes Mysteries by Nancy Springer — this film instead takes real-life inspiration from the 1888 matchgirls’ strike. Following the strike’s success, the Union of Women Matchmakers (later the Matchmakers’ Union) was formed later in 1888. On its creation, it was the largest union of women and girls in the country, and inspired a wave of collective organizing among industrial workers.

Again, Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven) is the highlight.

A mystery / comedy.

Enola opens her own detective agency, but struggles to get clients unlike her famous detective brother Sherlock Holmes.

A factory girl named Bessie asks Enola to help find her missing sister Sarah Chapman. Bessie takes Enola to the match factory, which is experiencing a deadly typhus epidemic …

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