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Actor: Dougray Scott, Jeremy Northam, Kate Winslet, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Saffron BurrowsBrand: COL
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-09-24
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Enigma
Movie Review: Unique Spy Story Set in Bletchley Park
Summary: 5 Stars
"Enigma" as a spy story is as the title of my post states, truly unique. This is because the story's protagonist, Tom Jericho (played by Dougray Scott) is not a World War II version of James Bond engaging in gunfights with the Gestapo and downing vodka martinis and bedding starlets in his down time. No, Jericho is a cryptanalyst, a codebreaker, and I don't think such an individual has ever been the hero of a suspenseful tale such as this. And the spy story is set at Bletchley Park, the epicenter of the British codebreaking effort during World War II. Moreover, Jericho is played as a brilliant but shy and fragile man who fell so head over heels in love with the mysterious Claire (played by Saffron Burrows) that he had a nervous breakdown when she abruptly dumped him.
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Although the spy story is fictional, the plot (based on the novel "Enigma" is deeply rooted in the actual history of the effort to break into the Germans' codes. Before Jericho had his collapse, the British were able to read the Germans' U-Boat code, but shortly after he was packed off to Oxbridge to recuperate, the Germans abruptly changed their codes...almost as if someone had warned them that they were being broken.
It's Jericho's official task to help break "Shark," the U-Boat code, before Allied convoys sail into harm's way. But Jericho has another personal mission, to find out what happened to Claire, who has mysteriously disappeared...leaving behind clues that she was involved with whoever might have warned the Germans that their codes were being broken.
To use a British expression, the story is "ripping good stuff." As someone who has read the novel as well, the movie does an excellent job bringing the story to life. Scott possibly is a little too good looking to play the anxious, obsessive academic that is Tom Jericho, but that's a minor quibble. Kate Winslet does a very fine job as Hester Wallace, Claire's roommate. As one of her fans, I only wish she had more screen time. This being said, I was pleased that the filmmakers upgraded her relationship to Jericho in the novel from being just a helpmate to being an eventual love interest herself (and they made clever use of the fact that Kate Winslet was pregnant during the film and was beginning to show...concealing it until the end of story where we are left with the clear impression that Tom and Hester had gotten married and were expecting their first child by the time the story ended.
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So to sum up: "Enigma" is a great movie. The cast and story is excellent and the production values are superb (they even filmed it on the grounds of Bletchley). But it does require the viewer to think a bit.
Summary of Enigma
Synopsis:Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: R
Street Date: 04/05/11
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: yes
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve Please note: This supplier will be closed on 11/24, 11/25, 12/26, 1/2 for the holidays. The shipping cut off is 12/10 to try and have the products delivered by Christmas.
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