Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) is the teenage sister of Sherlock (Henry Cavill) and Mycroft Holmes (Sam Claflin). When her mother Eudoria (Helena Bonham Carter) goes missing she has to use her sleuthing skills to outwit her brothers in an attempt to find her and in doing so finds herself embroiled in a plot surrounding Lord Tewkesbury (Louis Partridge).

Enola Holmes is the sort of film that brings words like ebullient, vibrant, optimistic and fun into my mind. I found it an absolute joy to be in the company of Enola throughout and would happily see her feature in more adventures. The film is directed by Harry Bradbeer who previously directed Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag and where this is most obvious is in Enola’s fourth wall breaking addresses to the audience and staring directly at the camera. As with Fleabag it creates an enormous sense of fun and connection to the character. The fact that Millie Bobby Brown gives an absolutely luminous star turn helps this no end. This performance makes her previous fantastic career high of Stranger Things feel positively muted in comparison. Her fiercely independent Enola does display some normal teenage behaviours as well making her more relatable and not just another Holmes.

The film itself is very much in the vein of the fun and energetic pacing of Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock. It features two mysteries for our heroine to puzzle through and has a superb supporting cast. Henry Cavill just about edges Helena Bonham Carter for best support. His sympathetic and generous version of Sherlock Holmes is a breath of fresh air compared to the intensity and erratic versions that Benedict Cumberbatch and Robert Downey Jr. have given us. Bonham Carter on the other hand is a perfect fit for the eccentric matriarch of the family who teaches a toddler chess strategies and a teenager martial arts.

Match this with a double bill of The Personal History Of David Copperfield and you have a perfect modern take on Victorian Britain.