While this film was a laughable excuse of an attempt to create a cheeky, contrasting and humorous spin-off movie (which breaks the 4th wall more times than necessary. When used correctly it can be very effective and funny *cough* Fleabag *cough*. However, this movie felt like an episode of Dora the explorer) set in the 19th century, this failed attempt was nothing compared to Millie Bobby Brown's failed attempt to be a mature actress. As well as her performance being cringe worthy, it is almost as though she refused to try and make the movie feel like it was set in the 19th century. Although she is not meant to be a sophisticated "lady" she acts as though she is acting in a movie set in modern times. Her performance struggled to get in touch with the character's feelings due to her stiff performance and inability to develop an accent which would coincide with enola's mother's accent. It was like she was saying her lines and not acting them.


Some of the camera shots and framing decisions, didn't help the movie already feeling like it wasn't set in the 19th century, at times, either. The movie also shames women who did want the "transitional" lifestyle and makes it feel as though the women were foolish for wanting to dress like that. This alongside the movie trying to mirror current events, to do with injustice, in a movie which is meant to be a time period movie, makes everything feel forced. Yes, there are many discussions that needed to be had but they didn't portray the real problems of that time, while also spreading myths of corsets.

The relationship between Enola and her love interest also felt extremely forced, as did the way she discovered her mother's clues. While you can see what the movie was trying to achieve, with its caricature-istic feel, the movie flops in this aspect. It feels over done, out of place at times and the ending (where they tried to have that typical encouraging ending, where the main character has the last word) was just unnecessary and didn't feel professional while it was repetative of her introduction.

+ However, the performance form most of the other actors were convincing (Helena Bonham Carter, the roles of sherlock and Mycroft). The production value and visuals were impressive, but wasted due to bad directing choices and casting choices (casting certain people just because of pop culture).