Great story...shame about the historical inaccuracies

Rating: 8/10 (3 January 2015)

A fascinating story of the man who is seen as the father of Computer Science and through his efforts, is widely regarded as having helped the Allies shorten the war. The role of Alan Turing is brilliantly played by Benedict Cumberbatch. Not to be outdone I thought was Keira Knightley as Joan Clarke, and Mark Strong as Menzies, head of MI6. I note that there are a number of historical inaccuracies regarding a number of the characters (including Turing). When you consider that the films is based on a book(Alan Turing: the Enigma)why is it that screenplay writers and directors can't stick to the facts? Having said that, I thought the film gave a very good sense of what was at stake in the British project to crack Enigma.