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NUMBERS
Box Office: $3,842,105
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CONSENSUS
The well-crafted, twist-filled Enigma is a thinking person's spy thriller.
CAST & CREW
Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Jeremy Northam
Directed by Michael Apted
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SYNOPSIS
A romantic thriller steeped in the tense atmosphere of wartime Britain, this suspenseful drama centers on the mysteries of WWII cryptography while telling a tale of love, patriotism, obsession and betrayal. more...
MPAA RATING
R, a sex scene and language
RUNTIME
1 hour, 52 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Apr 19, 2002
Video: Sep 24, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Manhattan Pictures International
GENRE
Dramas, British, Spies, Thriller, War, World War II, WWII, Nazi Germany, Boats
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Enigma Site
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 "Tom Stoppard's script, adapted from Robert Harris's best seller, is both witty and intelligent."
-- The Wolf, IOFILM.CO.UK
 "Deadeningly dull, mired in convoluted melodrama, nonsensical jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness."
-- Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"The sort of film that makes me miss Hitchcock, but also feel optimistic that there’s hope for popular cinema yet."
-- Brian Webster, APOLLO GUIDE
"A wretched movie that reduces the Second World War to one man's quest to find an old flame."
-- Ian Waldron-Mantgani, UK CRITIC
"This crafty little mystery/thriller deserves a wider audience -- if for no other reason than its attention to period detail, its subtlety and its emphasis on mood."
-- Jeff Vice, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY
"Enigma looks great, has solid acting and a neat premise. Yet why it fails is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."
-- Derek Tse, JAM! MOVIES
"The usual movie rah-rah, pleasantly and predictably delivered in low-key style by director Michael Apted and writer Tom Stoppard."
-- Lawrence Toppman, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
"A highly polished but contrived and strangely staid spy story...the
picture offers an ounce of historical truth and a pound of dramatic
license."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"It's a ripping yarn that recalls such early Hitchcock classics as The Secret Agent and The Man Who Knew Too Much."
-- Neil Smith, BBCI FILMS
"'Enigma' is the kind of engaging historical drama that Hollywood appears to have given up on in favor of sentimental war movies in the vein of 'We Were Soldiers.'"
-- Vanessa Sibbald, ZAP2IT.COM
"The various flashbacks and plot machinations make for an occasionally confusing tale, it's done with such a wonderfully dry style and wit that you don't mind having to stop to catch up now and again."
-- Marc Savlov, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
"Manages to be diverting while never falling into a morass of battlefield clichés."
-- Chuck Rudolph, MATINEE MAGAZINE
"Lots of effort and intelligence are on display but in execution it is all awkward, static, and lifeless rumblings."
-- Nathaniel Rogers, CINESCENE.COM
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"Throughout all the tumult, a question comes to mind: So why is this so boring?"
-- Phil Villarreal, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
"It's a bit disappointing that it only manages to be decent instead of dead brilliant."
-- Rob Vaux, FLIPSIDE MOVIE EMPORIUM
"Beautifully crafted, engaging filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic, twisty yarn that will keep them guessing."
-- Doris Toumarkine, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"A handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama more suited to a quiet evening on PBS than a night out at an AMC."
-- Tor Thorsen, REEL.COM
"'Enigma' is a good name for a movie this delibrately obtuse and unapproachable. A waste of good performances."
-- Eric D. Snider, ERICDSNIDER.COM
"No one, including the viewers, seems to know who can be trusted, and that's what makes this movie fun to watch."
-- William A. Sievert, ORLANDO WEEKLY
"This romantic thriller is steeped in the atmosphere of wartime England, and ably captures the speech patterns, moral codes and ideals of the 1940s."
-- Dennis Schwartz, OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS
"Offers a pleasant, challenging and quirky puzzle well worth working out."
-- Tom Sander, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
"The complex, demanding script tries to cover too many bases at once, but it succeeds better than one might expect."
-- Robert Roten, LARAMIE MOVIE SCOPE
"I love movies that assume the audience is intelligent enough to explore scientific endeavors without dumbing it down to the lowest common denominator."
-- Steve Rhodes, STEVE RHODES' INTERNET REVIEWS
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FRESH 73%
Avg. Rating: 6.8/10 |
"Jagger, Stoppard and director Michael Apted ... deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride."
-- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
"A clever blend of fact and fiction."
-- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Even with all its botches, Enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment."
-- Charles Taylor, SALON.COM
"Complex, sinuously plotted and, somehow, off-puttingly cold."
-- Susan Stark, DETROIT NEWS
"The mystery of Enigma is how a rich historical subject, combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat, plodding picture."
-- A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES
"Enigma is anything but enigmatic about affairs of the heart, and is well worth seeing for its elective affinities alone."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"Ultimately, clarity matters, both in breaking codes and making movies. Enigma lacks it."
-- Steven Rosen, DENVER POST
"Enigma is well-made, but it’s just too dry and too placid."
-- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER
"It arrives with an impeccable pedigree, mongrel pep, and almost indecipherable plot complications."
-- Carrie Rickey, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"Visits spy-movie territory like a novel you can’t put down, examines a footnote to history seldom brought to light on the screen, and keeps you guessing from first frame to last."
-- Rex Reed, NEW YORK OBSERVER
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"It’s fun, but the code-talk will fly right over everyone’s head"
-- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY
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* Who are the Approved Tomatometer Critics?
* Mouse over a tomato icon for a publication's original rating. Original rating not available for every publication.
* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Enigma" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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