Overview
- The third Enola Holmes film, set in Malta and led by Millie Bobby Brown with Louis Partridge and Henry Cavill, began streaming on Netflix in early July as a darker, more romance-driven follow-up to the first two movies.
- The movie has strong early viewership on Netflix but a weaker critical reception than its predecessors, registering about 73% on Rotten Tomatoes versus roughly 91% and 93% for the first two films.
- Viewers on social media seized on a close-up that appears to show Enola wearing a glossy gel-style manicure and circulated screenshots that turned the detail into a trending talking point.
- Millie Bobby Brown told the BBC she was unbothered and enjoys a manicure and director Philip Barantini called the online reaction laughable, while some defenders pointed to archaeological examples and stylistic reasons to argue the look is not clearly impossible for a period drama.
- The exchange highlights how modern audiences scrutinize small costume and beauty details and suggests future period productions may face sharper attention to historical styling from both critics and fans.