In 1939, newly created British intelligence agency MI6 recruits Cambridge mathematics alumnus Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) to crack Nazi codes, including Enigma -- which cryptanalysts had thought unbreakable. Turing's team, including Joan Clarke (Keira Knightley), analyze Enigma messages while he builds a machine to decipher them. Turing and team finally succeed and become heroes, but in 1952, the quiet genius encounters disgrace when authorities reveal he is gay and send him to prison.
Initial release: January 7, 2015 (Egypt)
Director: Morten Tyldum
Screenplay: Graham Moore
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Picture
Awards: Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay
Critic reviews
Benedict Cumberbatch once again proves the go-to man for bringing vulnerability and warmth to a chilly, slightly off-putting intellectual oddball. Full review
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
A superb thriller and a worthy biopic of a real hero. It’s also simultaneously an impressive debut for screenwriter Graham Moore, and a big-screen career highlight for Benedict Cumberbatch.
Dan Jolin
Empire
It's an undeniable pleasure to dig into a crackling spy thriller dished out by experts.
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
The Imitation Game is a highly conventional movie about a profoundly unusual man.
A. O. Scott
The NYTimes
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