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Nov 27, 2014 · The movie boasts its own inspirational rallying cry, repeated three times in case you miss it, which would be perfect for embossing on a holly-bedecked greeting card: “Sometimes, it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one imagines.”. Advertisement. On the other hand, it is an examination of the tragic ...
Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/24 Full Review Tony S Titled after a scholarly paper written by the main character, The Imitation Game is a World War II story about the ...
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- Morten Tyldum
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- Benedict Cumberbatch
The Imitation Game Reviews. The movie goes beyond requiem thanks to Cumberbatch's performance, the supporting actors and the surprising intensity of a spy thriller set mainly in two rooms and a ...
9/10. An instant classic. HoverDonkey 8 October 2014. A movie which oozes Britishness from every frame, The Imitation Game is an instant classic. Wartime Britain is depicted vividly, if a little caricatured, with an autumnal palette and a jaunty air.
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- 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
Nov 13, 2014 · The Imitation Game, does something similar for Alan Turing, the brilliant cryptanalyst and mathematician credited with cracking the codes of the Nazis’ Enigma machine.
Nov 26, 2014 · The Imitation Game is an immersive true story that laces dizzying tension with raw emotion. Benedict Cumberbatch, ... TV & Movies Reviews; More News.
