A compelling and interesting tale of a mans quest to crack Enigma

Rating: 9/10 (8 January 2015)

The Imitation Game tells the story of Alan Turing who was someone who during WWII was working on a way to decipher codes and help to end the war. This film showed not only how Alan was contributing to the government but also gives some insight into his personal life which was a surprisingly very interesting one and worked well with the film. That is what this film did the best, it really captured all of the best and worst things about Alan and portrayed him as something of an unlikely hero.
The film would not have been able to capture Alan the way it did without a brilliant and even Oscar worthy performance by Benedict Cumberbatch. He did an amazing job portraying all of the things that made Alan so likable but also so difficult and he really stole the entire film, and made me see Alan and not Benedict. As well as him, the supporting cast also had some pretty solid performances, most notably Keira Knightley who was better than i had initially expected. The overall film was very interesting and gave some insight into a side of WWII that more people should know of and research. The film is very interesting, and dramatic with very good performances making it that much better. - 9