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The Imitation Game
The aftermath of the world war II and the epic of a mathematical genius who eventually got convicted is the whole essence of the Imitation Game.
8 May 1884, Lamar, Missouri, USA
18 January 1985, Bucharest, Romania
1968, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
10 October 1946, Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
28 February 1962, London, England, UK
1968, Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK
18 April 1959, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK
17 February 1976, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK
21 February 1987, Bristol, England, UK
5 August 1963, London, England, UK
November 15, 2016
A strong supporting cast, including Matthew Goode as crypto-analyst Hugh Alexander, Mark Strong as spymaster Stewart Menzies and Charles Dance as head of the codebreaking unit Alastair Denniston, are given tragically little screen time.
November 15, 2016
The Imitation Game is a polished and efficient drama, and looks great on a comparatively modest budget of 15 million, especially the loving reconstruction of Alan's beautiful machine.
April 01, 2017
A conventional but first-rate spy thriller.
November 15, 2016
The Imitation Game is a classic 'race against time' tale with the added intrigue of how the authorities would deign to use the information they had once Enigma had been cracked.
January 04, 2015
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.
February 24, 2017
The Imitation Game is a wonderful adaptation of his story, full of brilliant performances, an engaging directing style, and an exuberant soundtrack.
January 04, 2015
The "action" here is Turing tinkering with his machine. Or simply thinking -- which, as Cumberbatch portrays it, is adventure of the highest order.
January 04, 2015
[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.
April 25, 2017
The Imitation Game retakes the myth, interprets it again and in this is lost something of the innocence of a story turned into legend. [Full review in Spanish]
January 04, 2015
This film about one of the past century's smartest humans at times treats its own audience like a classroom of remedial learners.
January 04, 2015
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.
