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Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News: Apted and Stoppard have bitten off too much as they attempt to juggle an espionage plot and parallel past/present romances. Read more
Renee Graham, Boston Globe: How did a movie with so many gifted people in front of and behind the camera wind up being such a drag? Read more
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: If the movie's plot is a rare combination of impenetrable and inconsequential, it has been laid out compellingly by director Michael Apted. Read more
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: It merely plods, occasionally bogging down in explanations and never generating much excitement. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: Enigma is well-made, but it's just too dry and too placid. Read more
Susan Stark, Detroit News: Complex, sinuously plotted and, somehow, off-puttingly cold. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Not enigmatically at all, it pleases and teases us -- in high style. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: 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. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: It is Scott's acting -- and that of the lustrous Kate Winslet -- that almost makes sense of a hare-brained movie. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: The smart, elegant Enigma won't win any prizes for snappiness or simplicity -- but it's a pleasure to see a film that aspires to something else. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A complicated and intelligent British film with a curious roster of off-screen talent. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: A clever blend of fact and fiction. Read more
Steven Rosen, Denver Post: Ultimately, clarity matters, both in breaking codes and making movies. Enigma lacks it. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: A turgid muddle of romance, espionage, and geek valor. Read more
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail: The combined talents of Apted, Stoppard and the stellar cast make Enigma a puzzle worth solving. Read more
Paul Malcolm, L.A. Weekly: 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. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: 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. Read more
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Enigma is anything but enigmatic about affairs of the heart, and is well worth seeing for its elective affinities alone. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: What I like about the movie is its combination of suspense and intelligence. Read more
Charles Taylor, Salon.com: Even with all its botches, Enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment. Read more
Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle: For most of it's 117 minutes, Enigma delivers a powerful story from World War II that's based on real events. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: 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. Read more
Joe Leydon, Variety: At its frequent best, Enigma slyly evokes the spirit of classic Alfred Hitchcock thrillers. Read more
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Reasonably fun to watch. Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: With an unorthodox, at least by Hollywood standards, heroine (brains trump beauty!) and an adventure with the highest stakes imaginable (math prodigy saves the free world!), the oddball allure of Enigma is no mystery. Read more
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: Dense, in some cases as encrypted as the cipher that is its subject, it's nevertheless worth the careful scrutiny it demands. Read more