Extraordinary in ordinary

Rating: 9/10 (12 January 2015)

This film is a biopic of Alan Turing's life, with the main focus on those WWII years. We as an audience are also treated to glimpses of his youth here and there, then briefly to a short period after the war. Benedict Cumberbatch is a perfect choice for this role, he really becomes Alan Turing in the process, he is incredible. Supporting cast is quite good too, especially Keira Knightley, who surprised me one more time with such an exquisite performance, which is full of subtlety and finesse. It is beyond words what this Turing's accomplishment meant for the future of humanity and there's also a moral message that movie provokes when questioning are we God, because Turing's discovery was used and to some abused, as a dice choosing who gets to live and who doesn't, all for higher purposes and having the end result in sight. This choice affected many, I believe even Turing in some way although he hadn't shown it. It is sad how his life ended, but we should all be forever grateful to him for what he has achieved. He really was an extraordinary man, ordinary only on the surface.