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A biopic of Alan Turing, the mathematician who cracked Nazi codes and invented the computer. Critics praise Cumberbatch's performance and the film's historical accuracy, but some find it too simplistic and sentimental.
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- Morten Tyldum
- PG-13
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- Alan Turing Decoded
- Verdict
By Matt Patches
Posted: Sep 9, 2014 3:00 am
This review is part of IGN's cover of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
Alan Turing's legacy was as ciphered as the World War II codes he broke. Confidentiality kept his miraculous work breaking Hitler's “Enigma Code” from the public eye. Criminal charges filed against him for homosexuality, prosecution provoking him to commit suicide by cyanide at the age of 41, shuffled him into obscurity. In The Imitation Game, Headhunters director Morten Tyldum and Benedict Cumberbatch, at the top of his game, forge the definitive account of Turing's life.
A few months into the war, Britain struggles to counter German movement. Enter: Turing, a mathematician and puzzle enthusiast who might be MI6's last hope of breaking the impenetrable Enigma code. Prickly, socially awkward, and aware of his own genius, Turing's major hurdle isn't cracking the Nazis' cipher, it's playing nice with his fellow cryptologists. He looks down upon team leader Hugh Alexander (Matthew Goode) and the underlings, eventually going over their heads, straight to Winston Churchill, to gain control of the project and push his idea forward.
The team will build what would go on to be known as the “Turing machine,” a proto-computer that, theoretically, runs through all 159 million million (that's 18 zeros) code possibilities and decipher the Enigma code. Recruiting England's top nerds, including crossword wizard Joan Clarke (Keira Knightley), and avoiding MI6 bureaucracy like Commander Denniston (Game of Thrones' Charles Dance) at all costs, Turing lays down £100,000 for a gamble that could end the war — or stall Britain to the point of destruction.
Morten Tyldum constructs wall-to-wall tension that slips in an undercurrent of sadness, elevating The Imitation Game above the commonplace thriller. As a man braving childhood fears and mental illness to solve the world's problems, the unconventional Benedict Cumberbatch dominates. “The world is different place because you weren't normal,” Knightle...
- Matt Patches
Read what critics and audiences think of the biographical drama about Alan Turing, the codebreaker and computer pioneer. Find out the pros and cons of the film's historical accuracy, performances, direction and script.
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Sep 9, 2014 · In The Imitation Game, Headhunters director Morten Tyldum and Benedict Cumberbatch, at the top of his game, forge the definitive account of Turing's life. A few months into the war,...
