'Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.'

Rating: 10/10 (1 April 2015)

THE IMITATION GAME is brilliant on so many levels that to single out peaks is frustrating. Fist the actual history recreated by the film is brilliant. The book by Andrew Hodges who joined Graham Moore in a the intensely intelligent screenplay, the direction and weaving in and out of clips from WW II with the tension of creativity meeting science meeting personal issues by Morton Tyldum is exceptional, the courage by all involved to share the homophobia of England during this period of time and the eventual suicide of the genius who solved the Enigma due to his 'crime' of being homosexual, and last the cast – all spot on and terrific.
The startling fact is that this is a true story. Mathematician cryptanalyst Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) is in the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code- breakers (Keira Knightley, Allen Leach, Matthew Goode, Matthew Beard) at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
All of the characters are well cast – a group that includes Rory Kinnear (particularly poignant as the detective), Charles Dance, Mark Strong, et al. Add to that the musical score by Aleandre Desplat and the cinematography of Oscar Faura and the costume design by Sammy Sheldon and there are still others that make this exceptional film so fine. By all means see this movie.