I came in with low expecations and was entertained. It was fluff. As Greg mentioned, she kept speaking to the audience, I presume because she is the narrator at the beginning, and so is telling the story we are watching. It didn't add anything and was distracting. She even winks at us at one point. (Addressing the audience did work well in Orlando, but was used sparingly - and it was Tilda.)
I think the writers know just about nothing about the end of the 19th century. Enola and her mother live in a huge house, but there only seems to be one servant, the cook. At the climax - SLIGHT SPOILER - a man is firing a gun in a rich family's manor house, but no servants appear, and there would have been a number of them living in the house. You couldn't just give them the night off! They lived there! And an old woman knew how to handle a shotgun, which I found very far-fetched.
HP factor=3: Bellatrix, Aunt Petunia, and Madame Maxime.
Sherlock says at the end that he would like to be her guardian, so they left it open for a sequel.
I think the writers know just about nothing about the end of the 19th century. Enola and her mother live in a huge house, but there only seems to be one servant, the cook. At the climax - SLIGHT SPOILER - a man is firing a gun in a rich family's manor house, but no servants appear, and there would have been a number of them living in the house. You couldn't just give them the night off! They lived there! And an old woman knew how to handle a shotgun, which I found very far-fetched.
HP factor=3: Bellatrix, Aunt Petunia, and Madame Maxime.
Sherlock says at the end that he would like to be her guardian, so they left it open for a sequel.
the hands that guide me are invisible