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Enola Holmes 3 dropped on Netflix this week, and the reactions rolling in on X tell a pretty consistent story. Nobody is calling it the best entry in the trilogy. Almost everybody is saying Millie Bobby Brown is the reason to watch it anyway. Beyond that, opinions split fairly evenly on whether the central mystery, the pacing and the villain hold up their end of the bargain. Here's a look at how the film is landing with early viewers.
X user Connor Carey didn't hold back on calling this the weakest of the three films, and he wasn't shy about saying Henry Cavill deserved more to do. Still, he found it entertaining enough to recommend, writing that it was "fun, action-packed & breezy" and crediting Brown with keeping things moving whenever the plot lost steam.
Krísh called it "a decent sequel" but felt the writing never quite gets back to the wit that made the first two films work. The performances still land, in his view, but "the mystery lacks the spark you'd expect." He summed it up simply: "Not every case can be its best one."
Base4ever, made a similar point, saying the new film feels "not as charming and clever as its two predecessors." According to Base4ever, the case at the center of the story is the weakest of the trilogy, and the romance between Enola and Tewkesbury sometimes pulls focus away from the actual investigation. Even so, the cast and the action sequences were enough to make it worth the watch.
Some reactions were much warmer. Elena Gilbert said the film was "way better than I expected," praising the Holmesbury romance and calling Enola "smart, brave and dedicated." For her, the emotional beats between the two leads were the highlight.
Davide Tonti, posting as NerdAlQuadrato, had reservations about the villain and thought the second half sagged, but still walked away satisfied. He wrote that "despite a disappointing villain and a weaker second half, #EnolaHolmes3 remains an enjoyable and entertaining movie," pointing to the cast and the franchise's familiar editing style as what pulled it through.
JD Duran put it plainly: "a mixed bag." He liked the added maturity in the storytelling and the ending got to him emotionally, but he felt the film leaned too hard on exposition and didn't trust its audience enough. His final word on it: "Overall it's fine. Loved the ending."
Taken together, the early word on Enola Holmes 3 is that it won't be anyone's pick for the strongest film in the series, but it's not turning fans away either. Brown's performance keeps coming up as the thing holding the whole film together.
Millie Bobby Brown returns as Enola Holmes, alongside Henry Cavill as Sherlock Holmes, Louis Partridge as Lord Tewkesbury, Himesh Patel as Dr. Watson, Helena Bonham Carter as Eudoria Holmes, Sharon Duncan Brewster as Mira Troy (also known as Moriarty), Susan Wokoma as Edith, and Jason Watkins in a supporting role.
The film picks up in Malta, where Enola is getting ready to marry Lord Tewkesbury. The wedding trip doesn't stay peaceful for long. Sherlock is abducted just before the ceremony, and all he leaves behind is a notebook full of cryptic clues.
Enola has to shelve her own wedding plans and throw herself into the most dangerous case of her career, racing across the island to find her brother while trying to hold onto some version of the future she'd been planning. As the official synopsis puts it, adventure chases Enola to Malta, where her personal life and professional life collide in a case more tangled than anything she's faced before.
