Fresh
A complicated and intelligent British film with a curious roster of off-screen talent.
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Enigma
Unlock the secret.
2001 · 1h 59m · R
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War
Directed by
Michael Apted
Overview
The story of the WWII project to crack the code behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
71%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Not enigmatically at all, it pleases and teases us -- in high style.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
It arrives with an impeccable pedigree, mongrel pep, and almost indecipherable plot complications.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
Jericho and Hester spend so much time on investigative idylls in the damp spring countryside that spy work starts to seem like a military garden party.
Paul Malcolm, L.A. Weekly
Fresh
Apted and his crew pull out all the stops to craft a thriller out of material that looks better on paper than it does on film.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
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