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By Elaine Teng (13) for The New Republic (897) on 04 Jan 2015

We go into a movie knowing that the subject was as genius or a hero, a martyr or titan…

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By Steve Persall (1,105) for Tampa Bay Times (1,287) on 04 Jan 2015

Cumberbatch radiates such intelligence — with Sherlock and this, egghead Benedict is his speciality — that gaps are easily excused…

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By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 04 Jan 2015

For the filmmakers, there are simplifications that must have been inevitable, for dramatic and narrative purposes, when it comes to depicting…

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By Simon Foster (434) for FILMINK (Australia) (1,405) on 04 Jan 2015

No stiff upper-lipped acting stone is left unturned in Morten Tyldum's earnest, honest account of the life of Alan Turing…

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By Rick Bentley (466) for Fresno Bee (603) on 04 Jan 2015

With a lesser actor, The Imitation Game would have collapsed on its good intentions…

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By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 04 Jan 2015

The Imitation Game is a great story that's well-told, about a man who was different from many of us -- which is to say that he was exceptional…

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By Karen Krizanovich (126) for The Arts Desk (640) on 04 Jan 2015

This beautifully designed and photographed period drama, adapted from Andrew Hodges' book The Enigma by debut screenwriter Graham Moore, centres…

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By Anita Katz (182) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 04 Jan 2015

Cumberbatch is terrific. His Turing is an intense, intellectual force and stirring mix of remote, vulnerable and present…

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By Kimberley Jones (866) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 04 Jan 2015

What lingers is the feeling that the filmmakers may pay lip service to Turing’s sexuality, but they prefer to keep his sex life strictly…

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By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 04 Jan 2015

In a year of terrific performances by leading men, Cumberbatch gets my vote for top honors…

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By Liam Maguren (146) for Flicks.co.nz (982) on 04 Jan 2015

Even though its construction feels (cough) formulaic and (ahem) by-the-numbers, it's all in service of making Alan Turing's legend known…

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By Kate Erbland (681) for Film School Rejects (1,198) on 04 Jan 2015

Cumberbatch is the main event here, making something almost impossible (capturing such a man as Turing in a tidy two-hour package) look easy,…

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By Alissa Wilkinson (499) for Christianity Today (953) on 04 Jan 2015

It's mostly to Cumberbatch's credit that The Imitation Game plays like a solid, engaging historical drama, interesting enough to suit audiences…

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By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 04 Jan 2015

Morten Tyldum's masterful drama neither shies away from Turing's homosexuality nor lingers on it, framing nail-biting events at Bletchley Park…

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By David Edwards (979) for Daily Record (UK) (215) on 04 Jan 2015

It's a well told but somewhat unexciting and placid little movie that, despite the star wattage, you'd expect to catch on a Sunday afternoon on BBC2…

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for Slate (2,081) on 04 Jan 2015

Throughout The Imitation Game, there’s a sense the filmmaker is trying to shield viewers from the story’s most difficult parts — whether…

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By Lisa Kennedy (833) for Denver Post (1,096) on 04 Jan 2015

[Cumberbatch's] whose portrayal of the British mathematician and WWII code-smasher is a feat of nuanced intelligence, a portrait of anguish…

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By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 04 Jan 2015

Knightley here gives a mature performance that matches Cumberbatch's in commitment…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 04 Jan 2015

It's a film about drive, about imagination, and how brilliance thrives outside the mainstream…

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By Stephen Rebello (292) for Playboy Online (295) on 04 Jan 2015

Cumberbatch does what he can to fill in the blanks and he is the real thing here -- all shyness, rudeness, acid comments, pathos, dazzling…

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