Left me angry... at the fate of Alan Turing

Rating: 10/10 (31 January 2015)

I know quite a bit about Alan Turing and have felt his treatment after the war was a crying disgrace but this movie serves to humanize him and it makes me even more resentful of his treatment. The film does not idolize Turing, or even paint a particularly pretty picture of his nature, none the less it does present a portrait of a complicated and very intelligent man who's contributions to the world are profound. Like Edison v Tesla, we idolize Einstein yet few have even heard of Alan Turing though his impact on our world with the invention of the programmable computer and his leadership in cracking the German enigma code leading to the defeat of the Nazi regime is probably as great any modern scientist. This is a fascinating high quality film that tells a story that needs to be told.