Average In The Extreme

Rating: 5/10 (21 November 2014)

This for me must surely be the most overrated movie of this cinema going year. It seems Benedict Cumberbatch of Sherlock Holmes fame in which he is considerably more accomplished than the series has legions of adoring female fans for whom i assume he can do no wrong will i'm sure assure this film is a success but that does not make it any better. Cumberbatch is pretty darn good i must admit as the fish out of water in the sea of life troubled genius Alan Turing, he certainly convinced me with his convulsive performance. However Keira Knightley the most wooden of modern stars fails in every way to convince me of any chemistry on any level with her co star and playing a crossword genius even faster than Turing i almost laughed. I actually did laugh at some of the stilted dialogue that came out of the actors lips, poor Mark Strong seemed saddled with very the worst. Then there was the films stuttering format as it traversed three time periods, i thought these supposed insights added nothing to the film which should of contained itself to the events at Blechley Park and no more. Other big weaknesses were flat direction, poor period detail, poor character development and a all to rushed narrative of world war 2. In short,average in every way and rather poor history. Turing and Cumberbatch deserve better.