Enigma (2001): A young genius frantically races against time to crack an enemy code and solve the mystery surrounding the woman he loves. (6.4)
Director: Michael Apted
Writers: Robert Harris (novel), Tom Stoppard (screenplay)
Stars: Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet and Saffron Burrows
Okay, so the title of the movie is a play on words; Enigma here is not just the German code machine, but the woman, too. I wanted to watch this movie because I thought it was a historical fiction (ie: more history, less fiction) about the code-breaking accounts and the machine. Instead, the story is mostly fiction and I am kind of pissed that the main character has been drastically changed from the history. Clearly, he is based on Alan Turing but this word-play story could not have happened with Turing at all. A controversy also exists about the fact that a Polish man providing the enemy with secrets, but in reality it was an English man who did that. The movie itself is very good. Acting is superb, specially that of Kate Winslet. (Not until after the movie I thought to myself that that was Winslet--meaning her portrayal of the character was that absorbing.) My Rating: 6.0
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