1. Target audience is teenage girls. Cool.

2. Quirky meta action going on. Ok.

3. Re-writing A. C. Doyles' other characters (Sherlock in particular) is a bit of a stretch but I rolled with it. Until I didn't.

4. Preachy and in-your-face mortality is a hard no.

5. Teenage girls are wicked smart. Don't write "down" to them. I could have ridden circles around Enola at her age, the way her character is written.

6. Period costume in a meta/modern/period piece? Ummm. Maybe, until the fight scenes. In a corset? Really?

7. Suspension of disbelief is stretched too thin here and is not helped in the least by poor writing.

8. Casting had so much potential. What happened? Poor writing or poor direction? You decide. Don't get me started on the portrayal of Sherlock.

9. I gave it a 3-star rating only because I am all for giving children the inspiration, encouragement, and the belief that they can bust through glass ceilings. It would have been fewer stars but let's be honest, we need more films in this direction - we just need them to be more respectful of our intelligence at that age. No, we're not women yet, but we're not stupid, either.

10. Above all, judge for yourself. It won't kill you to watch it so that you can decide for yourself... unless you're a Sherlock or ACD purist; if you are, stay far away.