great film real Oscar contender

Rating: 8/10 (1 January 2015)

This is film is about Alan Turing who cracked the enigma code in World War II. The film is told in three stages of his life throughout. When he was a child at school. During the war when he was cracking code, and after the war when he was prosecuted for being a homosexual. The way they told the three stages was well done and crafted in the right way. When he starts working for the government. He is a bit of an oddball and doesn't really get on with his work mates. He then hires a young woman played by Kiera Knightly who was good at doing puzzles. She gets him to loosen up and enjoy life a bit more. Both actors, Bendict Cumberbatch as Turing and Knightly are great in this and will deserve both getting an Oscar nomination. What Turing achieved cracking code they believe shortened the war by two years, which is incredible. I really enjoyed how this film was told. It was a thriller, and interesting look at how to crack nearly impossible codes. I was never good at maths but this was still interesting to me. The acting was great all around. A very British cast. I think this is one of the best films of 2014. It wont be forgotten come Oscar time