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Rating: 7/10 (24 March 2015)

The Imitation Game
The only tool needed to decipher intercepted messages from the Nazis is a German to English dictionary.
However, British forces in this drama require an elaborate machine to crack the coded communiquÃ©.
Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch), a mathematician, is recruited by Cdr. Denniston (Charles Dance) to join an elite group of code-breakers (Matthew Goode, Matthew Beard, Allen Leech) as they try to decrypt the German's Enigma coding machine.
Determined to build a massive mechanism to crack the Axis' contrivance, Turing is ostracized from the team but finds solace in a female colleague (Keira Knightley), whom he proposes to despite being gay.
A thoughtful, stirring and superbly acted portrayal of the astute mind behind the Allies' greatest weapon, The Imitation Game is an educational experience on many alarming levels - in both wartime affairs and in the treatment of homosexuals.
Incidentally, they cracked Canada's coded messages with a Cracker Jack decoder ring.
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