Just a quick blog for this Tuesday Night is Film Night film, as we watched it during a bout of illness and didn't get chance at the time to write up anything. Anyway, here's a quick rundown on;
Enigma
It is March 1943 and the staff at Britain's top secret intelligence headquarters, Bletchley Park, are struggling to break a new German naval code. Tom Jericho (Dougray Scott) is a mathematician newly assigned to the unit, and thanks to his brilliant insights the apparently unbeatable code begins to reveal its secrets. However, Tom has another, more personal, problem to solve - his former lover Claire (Saffron Burrows) has mysteriously disappeared, leaving only a few confused traces in her wake. Joining forces with the missing woman's bespectacled housemate Hester (Kate Winslet), Tom sets out to investigate.
OK, so it's a stolen synopsis from Amazon, but it covers the basics. Enigma is a good film, it's plausible, based on real locations, but it's woefully inaccurate with some of the Bletchley Park history. Plus, they didn't use Bletchley Park for any of the exterior shots, which is a little disappointing.
When I say it is inaccurate, I do so based on my knowledge of what actually went on at Bletchley and it is highly unlikely that some of the shenanigans that are portrayed in Enigma, would actually have happened.
That aside, it is entertaining and wonderfully filmed. Kate Winslett is gorgeous and makes the film for me.
It is a shame that the real Bletchley Park did not feature. Watch out for a cameo appearance from Mick Jagger, who stumped up some cash to fund the movie.
Enigma is only a good film, because of it's historical contents, albeit inaccurate, I still enjoyed it.
7 out of 10.
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