‘Tis the Oscar season and I was wondering
why The Imitiation Game, centered around one Alan Turing and his involvement
with cracking Enigma – the German cipher – and greatly influencing the course
of the Allies’ victory in World War II – has got some 8 nominations. After
watching the movie, I ceased to wonder. Benedict Cumberbatch, not short in the
sterling performances department, gives the performance of a lifetime. The
relationship between Alan and Joan Clarke (Keira Knightley) is strongly
reminiscent of that between Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly in A Beautiful
Mind. Here is a genius – narcissistic, lonely, estranged and utterly convinced.
And he changes the world completely – ends the greatest war in human history,
and basically invents the computer to boot (no pun intended). Stunning
character acting. Unmissable by leaps and bounds
16.5/20
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