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    What's it about?

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    I hope it's nothing like U-571
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alpha View Post
    I hope it's nothing like U-571
    Acting as an antidote to the Hollywood heroism of U-571, in which a German code machine is recovered by the US Navy during the Second World War, this romantic thriller (based on the Robert Harris novel) concentrates on the quiet, bookish pluck of our own code breakers at Bletchley Park. Dougray Scott plays the fragile but brilliant Tom Jericho, back at his desk after a nervous breakdown and drawn into a race against time to crack the latest German cipher. He also suspects that the girl he has become infatuated with (Saffron Burrows) is a spy. This well-acted tale of wartime intrigue has Kate Winslet looking suitably dowdy in a supporting role, while Jeremy Northam steals the show as a pompous secret serviceman. The film is commendable for the intelligence it assumes on the part of the audience, but the effect is spoiled somewhat by a superfluous high-adventure ending that seems out of synch with the rest of the movie.
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    It's a Robert Harris novel, and the film is very good version of the book. It has a very authentic wartime feel to it, some romance and the intrigue of the Enigma code and the cryptanalists at Bletchley Park who have to try to break the code for the sake of the convoys in the Atlantic. It's a great film - I'd recommend it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ernest Rants View Post
    Acting as an antidote to the Hollywood heroism of U-571, in which a German code machine is recovered by the US Navy during the Second World War, this romantic thriller (based on the Robert Harris novel) concentrates on the quiet, bookish pluck of our own code breakers at Bletchley Park. Dougray Scott plays the fragile but brilliant Tom Jericho, back at his desk after a nervous breakdown and drawn into a race against time to crack the latest German cipher. He also suspects that the girl he has become infatuated with (Saffron Burrows) is a spy. This well-acted tale of wartime intrigue has Kate Winslet looking suitably dowdy in a supporting role, while Jeremy Northam steals the show as a pompous secret serviceman. The film is commendable for the intelligence it assumes on the part of the audience, but the effect is spoiled somewhat by a superfluous high-adventure ending that seems out of synch with the rest of the movie.
    Yeah, the ending has been added on for effect - it doesn't follow the book, and it is a bit unbelievable.

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    Mick Jagger was a producer on this film. He even had a cameo!

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    got to be worth watching for Kate Winslet alone

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