Cumberbatch proves what it means to be human

Rating: 9/10 (7 January 2015)

Can machines think?
"Carrots mussn touch peas. Carrots mussn touch peas. Carrots mussn touch peas." There is a scene in the film where young Turing gets bullied. For those of you don't know the entire biography, Turing WAS machine like. He took everything literally, couldn't get jokes as pointed out in the biopic, and even worked like an automaton.
Well if the entire premise of the movie is based on that thesis if machines can think, then Cumberbatch surely portrays what it means to be human. He blurs the line between acting and the real Turing in a virtuoso sfumatto which only a Sherlockian protagonist can pull out.
That is the real imitation game.
I mean heck if homosexual is a stigma, he makes being gay sexy.
A svengali voice draws you in, in the theater, with Cumberbatch exuding a brilliant genius with gossamer narcissism not to mention deeply tortured and troubled as well forcing you to pay attention.
This is perhaps the best opening monologue I have seen till Godfather and The Dark Knight.
He breaks the fourth wall. And in process of doing so had a literally breakdown at the end of the film.
But credit must be given to the sheer genius of the ensemble cast as well as well as a nod the young Turing brilliantly portrayed by Alex Lawther.
Oscar worthy or not is a moot point. Go see it.