It's a credit to Robert Harris and Tom Stoppard (the writers) and to Kate Winslet as Hester for putting it over well, but the best line in the film is this:
Mermagen: D'you know, without your glasses, you don't look half bad.
Hester Wallace: Do you know, without my glasses, nor do you?
GREAT COMEBACK!!!
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I liked best when Wigram said OVALTINE?
shareOh, hunting prints. Do you hunt?
share...actually, it's not the line delivered by Wigram, that rocks here.
It's the expression on the landlady's face that comes right after.
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Yes, this. +1
I'm not going to spoil it by explaining it, but look up "British seaside landlady".
I concur with all other posters, but I also loved the line and exprssion on the American's face when he said "Well this is a great day for Aidolph Hitler", as if all the codebreakers had to do was think of a number, double it, divide by 3, and problem solved, then of course the British Admiral following up with words "I haven't understood a single word".
Another line I like is "Seeing each other's brains out".
Any line uttered by Wigram, the only character in this tepid, dull film worth watching.