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61
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60
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59
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57
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57
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57
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56
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56
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55
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55
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55
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Enigma
Manhattan Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for a sex scene and language
Starring
Dougray Scott,
Kate Winslet,
Jeremy Northam,
Saffron Burrows,
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau,
Tom Hollander,
Corin Redgrave,
and
Matthew MacFadyen
A romantic thriller steeped in the tense atmosphere of wartime Britain, this suspenseful drama centers on the mysteries of WWII cryptography while telling a tale of love, patriotism, obsession and betrayal. (Manhattan Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Suspense/Thriller
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Tom Stoppard
Robert Harris (novel)
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Michael Apted
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: September 24, 2002
Video: September 24, 2002
Theatrical: April 19, 2002
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
117 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Germany / UK / USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
91
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
Along the way it provides the grand, intelligent entertainment of a superior cast playing smart people amid a compelling plot. It may not be perfect, but it's decidedly a cut above.

90
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
A riveting and surprisingly romantic ride.

90
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
It is such a grand, romantic entertainment that it sweeps the viewer along in its swiftly escalating suspense.

90
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
With a cast of actors playing some of England's smartest people and with a crackling script by Stoppard -- no slouch in the brains department -- it pays to stay awake.

88
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
Uses the compelling true story of the triumph of the Enigma code-breakers as background for an invented but believable story of love, betrayal and heroism.

80
Film Threat
Rich Cline
It's brainy and brilliant, but despite amorous overtones and a few good action set pieces, it just doesn't generate the thrills or romance that would have made it a true classic.

80
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Period re-creations so rich you can taste them, and the fine cast.

80
Variety
Joe Leydon
Intelligent, involving and intricately plotted thriller.

80
Time
Richard Schickel
Enigma is not for everyone, but the thoughtful (and the historically minded) will find it an absorbing and extremely well-textured experience.
78
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
It's done with such a wonderfully dry style and wit that you don't mind having to stop to catch up now and again.

75
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
A smart, old-fashioned spy thriller in which the weapon of choice is brainpower.
75
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
With its combination of intrigue, romance, and adventure set against a World War II backdrop, the movie has an undeniable appeal. Flaws aside, Enigma is engaging and ambitious.

75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Jennie Punter
The combined talents of Apted, Stoppard and the stellar cast make Enigma a puzzle worth solving.

75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
The film manages to crack all its codes, and even when it sags a bit, it's never lacking grace and some wit. Not enigmatically at all, it pleases and teases us -- in high style.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Jonathan Curiel
Think of Enigma as a cerebral thriller about the horror of war and the hope that people had in spite of it.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
What I like about the movie is its combination of suspense and intelligence. If it does not quite explain exactly how decryption works (how could it?), it at least gives us a good idea of how decrypters work, and we understand how crucial Bletchley was -- so crucial its existence was kept a secret for 30 years.

70
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
First-class in all departments except clarity.

70
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
Doesn't coddle the audience. But neither does it play fair. The narrative takes several fast turns and stops short with the sudden introduction of new material; the exposition is hurried and lazily predicated on characters' thinking aloud.

63
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Most of the actors keep an icicle-stiff upper lip except for Winslet, who darts around like a finch with a beak full of sunflower seeds, and Burrows, who exudes a musk of refined sexiness.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Best of all, though, is Northam, whose sable hair and polished poise put one in mind of the young Cary Grant. In this no-sweat performance, he's an actor who conveys how restorative it is to think.

63
Boston Globe
Renee Graham
Snoozy, plodding film that never captures the inherent suspense of its subject.

63
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
Enigma, named for the Nazi secret-coding machine, has everything going for it except a pulse.

60
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
Director Michael Apted does a smooth, competent job, but like almost all his work, Enigma lacks excitement and a vivid personality.

60
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Keith Phipps
Achieves a dullness that defies its pedigree and its story's potential.

60
New Times (L.A.)
Jean Oppenheimer
Certainly a terrific sense of urgency underlies the story and Tom's desperation over Claire is palpable, but that may not be enough for viewers who actually like to understand how the riddle is unraveling.

50
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Given his way with witty banter, Stoppard's obvious, even leaden, dialogue is especially disappointing; director Michael Apted's handling of the story's frequent flashbacks is equally infelicitous.

50
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
The idea of cracking a secret message from the enemy during war is thrilling; making the process interesting to watch is more problematic.

50
LA Weekly
Paul Malcolm
It's all part of a larger calculus that the filmmakers hope will translate into a thinking person's thriller. If only they themselves knew how to figure it.

42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
All these good elements have resulted in a movie that is not so much awful as mediocre, disconnected and ultimately incomprehensible.

42
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
A turgid muddle of romance, espionage, and geek valor, despite intimations that it might have turned into ''A Reasonably Dapper-Looking Mind.''

40
New York Magazine
Peter Rainer
Stoppard and his director, Michael Apted, must be aware of how dry their film is, because periodically they work in little thriller divertimenti -- car chases and such -- that only serve to point up how un-thrilling everything is.

40
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
The mystery of Enigma is how a rich historical subject, combined with so much first-rate talent -- a highly capable (if not always exciting) director, a fine English cast, a script by Tom Stoppard -- could have yielded such a flat, plodding picture.

40
The New Yorker
Anthony Lane
Enigma is, to be blunt, "No way Out" meets "Revenge of the Nerds," and the meetinhg is not a happy one. [22 & 29 April 2002, p. 208]

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