a very strange movie indeed . the opening sequence of leblanc escape from the german with a complete enigma machine only to have it destroy by a numb skulled and british officer be play very much for laugh . even later and a the team be assemble it be play very lightly and a lot of gag base on the wartime london gay scene . eddie izzard shine here and his genuine warmth and good humour fill the screen . once drop behind enemy line the whole thing change direction and one undercover englishamn take a beating before leblanc rescue him and beat the german to a pulp . later the same brit be about to be capture when leblanc knife the german pretty tough stuff for a comedy . good point represent the run gag of the hapless brit constantly want to use the toilet ( and forget his drag and use the gent . ) the production design for the enigma assembly factory and very convincing and with long row of workbench with machine in various state of preparation . bad point represent the strange uniform that some of the german wear and look like carnival nazi . and the love interest frankly doesn not work .