
It is 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.... (Full plot summary below)
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It is 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.
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| Baret NewsKam WilliamsA well-crafted character study which just might land the talented Benedict Cumberbatch a coveted Academy Award. |
| Tri-City HeraldGary WolcottWhat's with the fascination in 2014 about World War II? This is the best of three very good films and looks at the invention of the computer by an unusual cast of characters. |
| Sacramento News & ReviewJim LaneCumberbatch's masterful performance dominates the movie, inevitably evoking his updated version of [Sherlock] Holmes... But where his Sherlock is smooth and lofty, his Turing is lofty with rough, jagged edges that keep rubbing people the wrong way. |
| Birmingham Mail Graham YoungMorten Tyldum's masterful drama neither shies away from Turing's homosexuality nor lingers on it, framing nail-biting events at Bletchley Park with the mathematician's 1951 arrest in Manchester. |
| MediaMikesMichael A. SmithBenedict Cumberbatch gives a performance sure to be remembered come Oscar nomination time |
| Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)John WirtBenedict Cumberbatch gives an empathy-stirring performance in the year's best biopic. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerThe film works as well as it does due to the genius of Benedict Cumberbatch and the way he has inhabited Alan Turing’s persona. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertWhile their careers include fine performances, Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley are so ambitious, so subtle and so intelligent as the protagonists of "The Imitation Game" that their earlier work feels light. |
| Illinois TimesCharles KoplinskiCumberbatch Heartbreaking, Brilliant in "Game." |
| Chicago Daily HeraldDann GireImitation Game is partly a tragedy, partly a history lesson, but largely a dramatic plea not just to embrace those who think differently, but actually appreciate them. |