Fresh
The "action" here is Turing tinkering with his machine. Or simply thinking -- which, as Cumberbatch portrays it, is adventure of the highest order.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
The Imitation Game
The true enigma was the man who cracked the code.
2014 · 1h 53m · PG-13
Drama, History, Thriller, War
Directed by
Morten Tyldum
Overview
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Rotten
We go into a movie knowing that the subject was as genius or a hero, a martyr or titan. We should leave with a more nuanced understanding of who he was, his complexities and flaws.
Elaine Teng, The New Republic
Rotten
This film about one of the past century's smartest humans at times treats its own audience like a classroom of remedial learners.
Dana Stevens, Slate
Fresh
It's a film about drive, about imagination, and how brilliance thrives outside the mainstream. These are common enough themes given uncommon purchase in a film about a man who likely saved millions of lives by never fitting in.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
[Cumberbatch's] whose portrayal of the British mathematician and WWII code-smasher is a feat of nuanced intelligence, a portrait of anguish with hints of arid humor. And, yes, arrogance.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
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