Plucky" is one of those words that doesn't get out and about much anymore.
Something about it feels off, a bit — regressive, condescending, even vaguely sexist, as it's usually only seen in the company of the word "heroine" these days. But I'm gonna dust it off and use it here, because there's just no getting around it — "plucky," after all, means "spirited, determined and courageous, especially when things are looking grim" and 16-year-old Enola Holmes (as played by Millie Bobby Brown, who's also — tellingly, I think — one of The bright, breezy Netflix film Enola Holmes, which is based on a series of YA novels by Nancy Springer, benefits hugely from Brown's lively, intelligent and charming performance. She's so good here that even the character's tendency to turn to the camera and address the audience — which she does a great deal (seriously, this film has more asides than an adodecahedron) — never gets wearying. You even start to find yourself looking forward to them, if you can imagine. https://w...
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