Not an Enigma

Rating: 6/10 (10 February 2016)

The saying 'Fact is Stranger Than Fiction' is very true in the case of this film.
The real life story of Turing, the code breakers, Bletchley Park, is so much much better and interesting, than this film.
Cumberbatch is excellent and generally the acting is good.
However, they missed a golden opportunity to make a genuine classic on a truly amazing story.
I went to see this fully expecting to love this film.
Instead i found it so irritating that I can only give it a 6.5/10.
Yet another in the long list of many recent films, where the makers are so ignorant of recent history, (or so arrogant they don't care).
That they make a film clearly assuming audiences are retarded.
It's not just historical inaccuracies, I can easily forgive 'artistic license' But this film contained so much that was both stupid, totally inaccurate, and unbelievable. It ruined what otherwise could have been a great film on a fantastic real life story.
This was a story that has been told before and much much better (see Derek Jacobi's portrayal of Turing) .
If you have no interest or knowledge of the real events you will like this film.
If you do know some of the real story. You will find the film intensely irritating. Both in content and the opportunity missed to tell a truly amazing story.