In this 3rd installment, Enola is getting married to Tewksberry in Malta. Once there, Sherlock is kidnapped and the detecting begins. It is Enola coming into her own as a detective with the full confidence of everyone around her. Moriarty returns, as does Mom Holmes (the always excellent Helena Bonham Carter) and Dr. Watson. So while this is a relatively entertaining detective storyline, I will say that I don't remember quite so much breaking of the 3rd wall in prior movies. Enola spends 20% of her time talking directly to the camera to "bring the audience up to speed". I guess it is a different way to do voice over, but I found it either annoying or not in character enough to feel seamless. Too bad since I like the Enola Holmes concept, but liked this one less than the prior.
2 stars (out of 5)
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