Review of The Imitation Game (2014) by Theapplegnome — 11 Jan 2015

2014 still have the ability to surprise me, and that includes The Imitation Game.

We follow a great mathematician during WW2 and his new job, to crack an almost unbreakable code. There’s a deep message surrounding what the difference between a machine and a human is, and what their similarities are. The movie also does raise moral questions on what’s normal and what’s not, and what that means. I totally love this movie. It surpassed my expectations and it’s both ingenious as it is clever. As Alan Turing said in the movie: “Are you paying attention? Good. If you’re not listening carefully, you will miss things”. That quote is the one thing that kept me entertained, because you really need to pay attention if you want to perceive everything. The structure is very nonlinear, and you must pay attention!

The first half of the movie is more of the main mission, to crack the code. The rest is much more versatile and exiting. The action-sequences are especially great. Benedict Cumberbatch is really good; it might be one of his greatest performances to date. His character; Alan Turning is extremely well presented, and I really felt close to him during the whole movie. Especially when it comes to how he felt, and how it feels to be other than normal.

I really love The Imitation Game, and the movie is overall much greater that what I expected. It’s the most flawless film of 2014.

The Imitation Game gets an 8/10.