The Imitation Game

“The true enigma was the man who cracked the code.”

8.0

2014

1h 53m

HistoryDramaThrillerWar

Director: Morten Tyldum

Overview

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

Trailer

Official UK Trailer Official

Cast

Alan Turing

Benedict Cumberbatch

Alan Turing

Joan Clarke

Keira Knightley

Joan Clarke

Hugh Alexander

Matthew Goode

Hugh Alexander

Detective Robert Nock

Rory Kinnear

Detective Robert Nock

John Cairncross

Allen Leech

John Cairncross

Peter Hilton

Matthew Beard

Peter Hilton

Commander Denniston

Charles Dance

Commander Denniston

Stewart Menzies

Mark Strong

Stewart Menzies

Jack Good

James Northcote

Jack Good

Sergeant Staehl

Tom Goodman-Hill

Sergeant Staehl

Superintendent Smith

Steven Waddington

Superintendent Smith

Keith Furman

Ilan Goodman

Keith Furman

Reviews

Aaaidan

The first time I saw this movie, I loved it. It made me want to learn more about Alan Turing, but the more I learned, the more I realised how inaccurate this movie is. It is well acted, well produced, well cast, and I would still love it if not for the fact that it differs so much from what really happened that it would have been more appropriate to change all the names and portray it as purely historical fiction rather than pretending it has anything to do with the real Alan Turing.

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Nathan

Benedict Cumberbatch is fantastic in this movie. I really dug this. Love movies set during WWII and this one encapsulates it brilliantly. Felt they did the story justice while also having an underlying message on acceptance. **Score:** _90%_ **Verdict:** _Excellent_

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CinemaSerf

Whilst I did enjoy this telling of the wartime efforts of the British code-breakers at Bletchley Park, I think I prefer Sir Derek Jacobi's 1996 interpretation of the achievements of Alan Turing, the brilliant mathematician who led a team of enigmatic individuals who broke the Nazi "Enigma" code. Benedict Cumberbatch is really just reprising his BBC "Sherlock" characterisation - even down to the pensive hand gestures. The story is told from quite an interesting retrospection after the pretty unlikeable Turing has been apprehended by the police for what I suppose we'd call "lewd behaviour" nowadays and is being questioned by Rory Kinnear ("Detective Nock"). Indeed, I found all the characterisations to be a bit shallow - Charles Dance, Keira Knightley and Matthew Goode just lacked oomph, I thought. Fascinating story , though - beautifully well presented.

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