The Imitation Game

Unrated

11/28/20141h 53m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ The true enigma was the man who cracked the code. ~

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.

Director:

Morten Tyldum

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$14,000,000.00

Revenue:

$233,555,708.00

Key words:

england
homophobia
world war ii
mathematician
genius
biography
male homosexuality
code breaking
lgbt
logician
cryptography
math genius
gay theme
codes
intense
amused
assertive
commanding

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

~ as ~

Alan Turing

Keira Knightley

~ as ~

Joan Clarke

Matthew Goode

~ as ~

Hugh Alexander

Rory Kinnear

~ as ~

Detective Robert Nock

Allen Leech

~ as ~

John Cairncross

Matthew Beard

~ as ~

Peter Hilton

Charles Dance

~ as ~

Commander Denniston

Mark Strong

~ as ~

Stewart Menzies

James Northcote

~ as ~

Jack Good

Tom Goodman-Hill

~ as ~

Sergeant Staehl

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Reviews (4)

A
Aaaidan
Written 3 year(s) ago
1
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.
Nathan
Written 2 year(s) ago
9
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
CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
6
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.
r96sk
Written 3 month(s) ago
9
'The Imitation Game' is fascinating stuff. I watched 2001's 'Enigma' almost five years ago and do remember liking it, though I found it a bit too pedestrian (at least early on). This 2014 release does a greater job at telling the story of Alan Turing & Co.

Firstly, this did a particularly great job in terms of casting. Benedict Cumberbatch (and Alex Lawther) are terrific as the aforementioned. Keira Knightley (fittingly with a character middle named Elisabeth), Matthew Goode, Charles Dance and Mark Strong are all excellent support.

The WWII-centric plot makes for engrossing viewing, even if I'm sure it takes liberties as movies tend to do; which I'm fully fine with, for what it's worth. The pacing is particularly spot on, at no point was I uninterested in what I was seeing. The cast, of course, are a big reason for that fact.