Only a machine can break a machine: The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game is a 2014 American historical drama film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Graham Moore, based on the biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges. The screenplay topped the annual Black List for best unproduced Hollywood scripts in 2011. The Weinstein Company acquired the film for $7 million in February 2014, the highest amount ever paid for U.S. distribution rights at the European Film Market. It was released theatrically in the United States on 28 November 2014.

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.

A smart package of true story of Alan Turing. It is quite descriptive and even contain minute details regarding one the most deeply buried story in the world history. The movie is criticizing the time period when there was discrimination based on the sexual orientation. The director is drawing a hard line over the people who think the effort spent for saving millions of life is nothing compared to the illegal act of homosexuality. The acting of all the cast is outstanding which adds to the beauty of the movie. It is a movie that is equally informative and entertaining.

Release date : January 7, 2015

Running time :114 minutes

Director: Morten Tyldum

Pros : Story, Direction, Casting, Acting

Cons : Could include more background regarding Alan Turing

Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuPZUUED5uk

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