Terrific story

Rating: 8/10 (19 May 2015)

This is a wonderful movie that pulls you in many different emotional ways. Benedict Cumberpatch is terrific as Alan Turing, the genius behind Britain's efforts to crack an unbreakable German encoder called Enigma.
The movie flashes back between the early 1950s to the late 1930s. Turing is a mathematical genius. He gets recruited by the British government to lead a decoding team. However, he is terrible with people - preferring to be alone, yet needing help to work on the project.
Enter Keira Knightly as Joan Collins (think that was her name). She demonstrates her math skills too, and Turing starts breaking out of his shell and interacts with people much better.
There is a great cat-and-mouse game between various levels of the British govt, which was fascinating to learn about. There was also various games played within his team, and these add to the drama as they are revealed.
In the end, I found it very sad to learn that the British govt was as stuffy as they were. Their position caused tragedy upon tragedy to people that should have been honored as incredible heroes.
See this film - you will really enjoy the storyline and the acting. Enjoy.