Review of The Imitation Game (2014) by Nedryerson1 — 12 Jan 2015

The Imitation Game is a biopic and historical film, but it never becomes boring, the dynamism is well achieved by telling the story in three different times: Alan in the school, Alan at world war II trying to break Enigma (by itself a great story for a movie) and Alan in the present, when he is nothing but ordinary.

The big thing is how these three tales are mixed up to reveal the real essence of the protagonist, his objectives, joys, fears and concerns. The complexity of this character is beyond imagination, there are no words to describe Benedict Cumberbatch's performance, probably nobody could have done better; he definitely carries the movie on his shoulders.

And by his side is Keira Knightley, whom maybe gave us her best acting in years. The problems start because the emphasis on the characters is so huge, that other things are left behind and not well appreciated, like the clever screenplay, the beautiful score and the coherent cinematography.

However, as the story goes by, you discover the strong message behind it exposing one more time the awful nature of human being. At least there movies like this one to teach us, better late than never.