Another Game the Brits Invented

Rating: 5/10 (13 March 2015)

Like most films about gays, The Imitation Game is a nod to loneliness. I found Cumberbatch quite capable in the role of Alan Turing. I think, replacing an alternate end, where we see Turing commit suicide instead of seeing him elated, with soaring music, stole the film's thunder. I would have said that this is typical Hollywood. It's not an American film. But its imprint is there.
Cumberbatch, a favorite actor of mine, sensibly reigned in his deep voice. I have the suspicion that he did many things for the first time. He used muscles in his face that he never used. This film, regrettably is not the work of a master. The director did everything well, but didn't excel in any of the scenes. His cinematography is questionable, with the same dull colors indoors or outdoors, in offices, or pubs. He cuts away when the camera should be on Alan Turing. He overused Desplat's adequate music for the first act.
Young Alan Turing was a good cast. I will remember his stint in this movie. Charles Dance, horribly directed in the anonymous Robin Hood and Last Action Hero, finally shines through(I didn't watch him in Game Of Thrones). Kiera Knightley as Joan Clarke lost an opportunity to impress. I hope she will stop turning up in movies by the time she loses her looks. She has nothing else to hold on to. All in all, this is the best movie that I've seen recently. Let's hope for the better. I'm glad if this review was useful.