Needs a few viewings to appreciate.

Rating: 9/10 (19 May 2019)

I watched this at the cinema and was incredibly disappointed. I have since watched it a few times and it is a wonderful film with a brilliant performance from Cumberbatch and also Keira Knightly. BC is worthy of his Oscar nom for this. He is a tortured, obsessed soul and the segment of the film after he has been arrested for homosexual activities, is heartbreaking. The film plays in flashback so we get to see Alan Turing's difficult childhood at boarding school. At the end of this film, you sit there almost angry that this genius of a man chose chemical castration and then ultimately, suicide. An emotional piece of film making.