Enigma (2001)

Did you people see the same film I saw?

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Yes, a historical film. A good one. For the embroidery of details. For performances. For love story, secrets. And survive. And for smart way to remind an episode from WWII.

Recently came across this movie when it was being shown in sony pix. Got hooked immediately. The lead couple played by Kate Winslet and Dougray Scott provide excellent acting in a well written movie honoring the code breakers of Enigma. The setting is of Bletchley and the scenery in the movie is quite beautiful. Dougray as the mathematician plays the role perfectly as the genius gone crazy over a blonde. Kate Winslet (wears glasses, which is funny) provides excellent support. The security officer also provides good support and rest of the cast reflects the English of 1940's. Although the movie is great on acting and other fronts,the thrill in the story is little less. A more of a thinking based movie rather than pure thriller.

I think this movie is a disservice to Alan Turing. He was the undisputed leader of the team that took the initial Polish work to break the Enigma Code, broke subsequent variations (such as for the naval Enigma machines) and automated the whole thing by creating one of the world's first computers called BOMBE. His work thus directly brought World War II to an early end and saving hundreds of thousands of lives in the process. He was also the founder of modern day computers and artificial intelligence (just Google 'Turing Test'). Why create a fictional story? In telling the story truthfully, they would have to touch on the fact that Alan Turing was gay. In 1952 he was arrested for being gay, was chemically castrated, and had all security clearance stripped. He committed suicide in 1954. Was it so unpalatable to tell the truth that the main character in this story was gay (as were thousands of soldiers who fought in WWII)? I think that story is more compelling. Are we so sanitized that he had to be replaced with a team of straight matinée idols? Alan Turing was one of the most important figures of the 20th century, and one of the most slighted. I wish someone would make a decent movie telling his story. You can sign a petition asking the British Government to apologize for the prosecution and castration of this war hero here: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/

An excellent period piece out of England. It is well into the war (WW 2 for those that don't know), and all is not going well. There is a fragile coalition of countries fighting the Nazi regime. But there is something sinister; a secret so damning, that the release of such information will spell disaster for the allied forces. Out in the countryside of Northern Britan, a young brainiac seeks to recover from a "summer romance", but his mental disorder from the disastrous end to that fling threatens to ruin him once again, as he desperately seeks the woman that loved and left him. A nice little mystery, with a tinge of historical fact thrown in as a nice backdrop. The cast is wonderful in how they play their roles to period. Not just costumed and modern, but giving a real feel for the mannerisms of the time. This is a nice throwback to the films of the forties, the serious ones mind you, dealing with Nazi spies, propaganda, and the brink of disaster for the Allied forces. Why can't more movies be made like this.