Should be the Oscar winner for best film of 2014

Rating: 9/10 (11 January 2015)

I was like most of the people in the world; not really knowing anything about Alan Turing. I had heard the name in history classes from high school into college associated with the word Enigma. I knew, from history class, that Enigma was the code machine the Nazis used in WWII to thwart the Allies and keep their attacks a secret. I knew it had been broken but knew little about the man and the team that broke it. This film was like a fabulous history lesson...only I was there living it. If I didn't have any reason to like Benedict Cumberbatch before I have a reason to love him now. If he isn't nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role as Turing then I have no faith that the Academy will ever get anything right again. His performance brought me laughter, made me think and, ultimately brought me to tears. The whole world owes this tortured genius a debt of gratitude that we can never repay. If you haven't seen this movie please do; it is a history lesson you won't soon forget.