Enola Holmes Review: 7 Ups & 3 Downs
3. The Sharp, Dynamic Visuals
This is certainly one of the more visually dynamic Netflix Original films of recent times, characterised by Harry Bradbeer's thrilling, fluid filmmaking style.
Bradbeer, who directed all-but-one Fleabag episode, employs a similarly cheeky, fourth wall-breaking style here to have Enola interact with the audience, in one case even hilariously having her ask viewers for help solving a problem.
Yet Bradbeer never gets too cute with the meta flourishes, and still focuses on making the movie as gorgeously ornate as you'd expect from any Holmes production.
DP Giles Nuttgens make the absolute most of the lush English countryside and sharp production design, while sparing CGI is employed to evoke the Victorian era on a larger scale.
But the MVP here just might be editor Adam Bosman, who is tasked with cutting snappily between flashbacks and the present at a moment's notice while maintaining coherence.
Given how easily it all could've descended into messiness, the end result is impressively free-flowing without ever getting disorientating.