Review of The Imitation Game (2014) by Sanyrub — 25 Jan 2015
Wonderful film where no flaws can be found. The screenplay is warm and effective, the score is so beautiful (probably the best of 2014), the story is so important and the message you can extract is so universal and important to mankind.
BUT the best part is the epic performance by Benedict Cumberbatch, an emotional but restrained tour de force which reminds me of some of the greatest performances of the last decade (Heath Ledger comes to mind).
It is in my opinion the best performance of 2014, over Eddie Redmayne and Michael Keaton. The film is a little bit by the numbers like any biopic is but in this case it all fits wonderfully and the dialogues are very clever, and by the end, the importance of the story being told grabs you and does not let you go.
I was ready to give it a very strong 8 out of 10, but I am very surprised at the staying power it is having on me, typical of great films with a lot of depth and layers which become more impacting after letting them sink in your head, so I have to give it an unexpected 9 out of 100.
A must see.
This review of The Imitation Game (2014) was written by Sanyrub on 25 Jan 2015.
The Imitation Game has generally received very positive reviews.
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