Year:
2001
Studio:
Manhattan Pictures International,
Intermedia Films,
Senator Entertainment
Feature:
3/5
DVD:
0/5
Enigma is a movie
based on a novel. It's a story in England during
World War II at a semi-secret codebreaking center. Tom Jericho (Dougray
Scott) is an American mathematician who has returned to the center
after recovering from a nervous breakdown. He wants to find his old
love and the reason for the breakdown, Claire Romilly (Saffron Burrows).
Unfortunately, Claire has disappeared. Also there may be a German spy
at the center and the spy master thinks it may be Tom. As Tom and
Claire's roommate Hester Wallace (Kate Winslet) investigate Claire's
disappearance they uncover clues that lead them to think that Claire
and the German spy are somehow connected. As Tom closes in on the
German spy British agents close in on Tom and it's a race to see who
catches whom first.
This is a British film and it's quite subdued. There's a rather sixties
or seventies feel to the cinematography. The story is quite slow but it
does become interesting. My only real problem with the movie is the
ending where Tom and Hester end up together, which to me came out of
the blue.
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