Jeremy Northam's acting is provided by his hat and his supercilious character has a habit of speaking lines that sound out of period.Ī disappointment especially as I enjoyed reading the novel. The thriller element despite a good start fails to work and in this adaptation seems flawed. Scott and Winslet work well together but the film is too uneven, there are some good shots of the code breaking machines whirring around and some humorous scenes of the women working in Bletchley with the lecherous supervisor. Despite a few extravagant scenes it does look like a glorified television film. Director Michael Apted struggles to give flair and spark to the film as it remains dour, dull and lifeless. He does well in keeping the grimness of domestic life and fashions of the time but its not a successful screenplay. He introduces some new scenes and different climax from the book. The film was adapted by Oscar winner Tom Stoppard. Scott (with a variable accent) teams up with a dowdy Kate Winslet to investigate what happened to Claire and discover something more sinister. He returns to Bletchley to find out his ex lover, Claire has gone missing and there is pressure to crack the Enigma code and with intelligence officers crawling about, there might also be a mole in his team. The book is gives a grim depictions of a war torn Britain which I am afraid endured for several decades after the war.ĭougray Scott is a mathematician recovering from a breakdown after a doomed love affair. It mixes fiction with some real characters and events. Reviewed by Prismark10 4 / 10 Not enigmaticĮnigma is based on the fictional Robert Harris novel which is a part wartime thriller and part love story based on code breakers in Bletchley Park. In investigating Claire's personal life, the pair discovers personal and international betrayals.-Anna To solve the mysteries, Tom recruits Claire's best friend, Hester Wallace. The possibility of a spy within the British code-breakers' ranks looms and Tom's love, Claire, has disappeared. Authorities enlist the help of a brilliant young man named Tom Jericho to help them break the code again. During the heart of World War II, in March of 1943, cryptoanalysts at Britain's code-breaking center have discovered to their horror that Nazi U-boats have changed their Enigma Code.
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