Enigma

This movie was based on an extraordinary book. The movie was okay, nothing special, but I'd highly recommend the book.... Full review

Set in England during WWII well paced/acted movie that took me to a time and place long forgotten in war history... Code breakers and spies in England.. Good performances, direction.. just a good movie.... Full review

Personally, this was not one of the best World War Two movies. I have seen better. I thought this movie was a little hard to follow. I felt that unless I knew about the enigma machine that the Germans used during... Full review

I thought Enigma was one of the best movies yet. I love Dougray Scott and im a HUGE fan of Kate winslet. I also love movies based around the war just not about them and this was the perfect warish type... Full review

Very interesting movie combining code breaking with more conventional mystery solving. The movie is reminiscent of early Hitchcock films in structure, although it was really John Barry's excellent symphonic score that made me realize that. I was a little confused by... Full review

I loved this movie!!!!! Not only did I learn some very interesting history but I was deeply involved with the characters...a true sign of great direction..my hats off to this group and their accomplishments....sure wish we could see more stories like... Full review

'Enigma' is the kind of war movie that may not be loved by many people, mostly because there isn't much of action to be seen in it. At least, not the kind of action they would like to see: no... Full review

If you like moves that keep you guessing this is the movie for you. Great period piece. The acting is wonderful. An english piece with superior actors.... Full review

Should be seen if only because it presents a great deal of finely done workaday detail of the most closely guarded secret of WWII. The breaking of the German military codes by the world's first electronic computer was probably the... Full review

This is one of the better WWII films I have seen in recent years. Saffron Burrows is perfect as the mysterious femme fatale. Kate Winslet is excellent as always. What I liked most about it was the "You Are There," WWII... Full review

In reality, an Enigma was smuggled out of pre-invasion Poland and cracked by British technicians in one of the most massive and secret undertakings of the War. Interviewed for the DVD, Harris, the author of Enigma , points out that the code-breaking operation rivaled both the U.S. Manhattan Project and the Nazi rocket-building machine in scope and technological prowess, while suggesting that "history" has short-shrifted it in comparison. ... Full Review

Station X, a top secret site outside London where all varieties of nerds, Bolsheviks, and math whizzes work at breaking down German communications, including those encoded by the famous Enigma machine (one of which is kept in a glass case at Bletchley, after having been captured during a battle). ... Full Review

The look and feel of "Enigma" is superb. Certainly the film succeeds because of its acting Enigma [Columbia Tri-Star,Special Edition,Old Version] Enigma" is a well-acted and well-directed story that does suffer from some rather slow pacing. ... Full Review

Certainly the film succeeds because of its acting, but without a believable world to play in the actors and story would have suffered.....building a compelling and thrilling tale around historical fact.....After that, fiction begins to take over for fact and "Enigma" becomes a decent thriller focusing on the enigma code....focus on acting continues to have been the correct decision and her presence always proves to be beneficial to the films she is cast in..... ... Full Review

The stuff about how the Enigma code was broken is accurate. The film does not concentrate a lot on the breaking of the Enigma code, but what is there is accurate. ... Full Review

Enigma is a 2001 film starring Kate Winslet, produced by Mick Jagger and Lorne Michaels (of SNL), and infused with James Bond music. About the British versus the Nazis. ... Full Article

Droll British story of the breaking of the Nazi spy code-making The Enigma Machine.The Enigma Machine was used by the German military during World War II to scramble and unscramble their top secret communications. ... Full Article

One probably can't watch "Enigma" and chew gum at the same time.Dense, in some cases as encrypted as the cipher that is its subject, it's nevertheless worth the careful scrutiny it demands. ... Full Article

And you think the New York Times' crossword puzzle is challenging? Renowned playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard ("Shakespeare in Love") didn't sacrifice multiple story threads or historical accuracy in adapting Robert Harris' 1995 bestseller for the screen. ... Full Article

Apr 19, 2002 | "Enigma," a World War II thriller about British attempts to crack the German code, tells a complicated story in an often confusing manner. ... Full Article

World War Two movie Enigma is a throwback to the good old fashioned war movie (think The Dam Busters or Eye of the Needle ), a much-needed square up after that other World War 2 film which came out earlier... ... Full Article