"Today, we call them Computers."

Rating: 8/10 (22 May 2015)

There has been much Whining and Griping about Inclusion of Credit Concerning the Enigma Code Breaking Method and Machine and also About the considerable Homosexual Stuff, especially at the End. But, does All of that really Matter?
Taken as a Short and deliberately Focused Film about an Enormous and Complex Situation and Individual, the Immensely Diversified Mathematical and Computer Based Minutia and the Treatment (chemical castration, prison), of "Different" People, this can and should be Overlooked in an Entertainment Movie.
This is quite a Compelling, if Not Wholly Accurate account of one of the most Important, Non-Military, Contribution from a Community of Folks who were doing what They Could to Fight Fascism and Help Win the War with Their Unique Form of Ammunition. Its Focus is on Nerds and not Marines or RAF Flyers.
It Makes the Case that these Eggheads were Equal Heroes in WWII. It May take some Liberties in its Shuffling of Facts, but so what? This isn't a definitive Declaration of Events, This is Pop Culture not an M.I.T. Thesis.
The Movie is kind of Short on Insight about the Inner Workings of a Celebrated Genius Mind and Stays Far Away from any In-Depth Display of the Gay Lifestyle in the War Years and Overall it is Pretty Basic and Mainstream Stuff with Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing and the Big Twirling Machine, "Christopher", that are the Centerpiece of this thing and both make Their Presence Known and are what One Remembers in this Shallow, but Fine Film.