The Imitation Game was a fairly typical and good biopic, even if it did stray a lot from the reality of the events. Turing definitely wasn't the lone wolf who single-handedly cracked Enigma he's portrayed as being, and was in fact supported by thousands of people, with many playing integral roles that don't even get mentioned in the movie. Most of the dramatic conflicts in the movie are just completely made up, with the real Turing being well-liked by his colleagues, not being so in the closet, not having issues with his superiors, never being threatened with getting fired, having entirely different bookends to his relationship with his fiancee and a far less "simple" end to his life. In fact, Joan Clarke never experienced such pressure from her parents and women in Bletchley Park outnumbered men four to one, so a major part of her role was practically fiction and just "hurr, women had it so tough back then" which, while it was indeed the case, isn't something that this particular story should be representing. Of course, this is a dramatic movie so it does make sense to have some artistic liberties taken but at this point the entire movie's "based on a true story" only so far as its plot synopsis is accurate. In adapting it to a movie, there were also a number of unconvincing contrivances and convenient coincidences to move the plot along, with your typical chance happening causing a eureka moment, as well as entirely downplaying his homosexuality, presumably to appeal to a larger (older) audience. Now, excusing all the historical inaccuracies and keeping in mind it is meant to be just a movie, it's still enjoyable. Cumberbatch is fantastic, even though Turing's personality is largely exaggerated, and the rest of the cast are good too, even if the story doesn't care about any of them. Desplat's score's great as usual and there was a surprising number of comedic moments which I wasn't expecting at all from the promotional material. There was too much repetition of aphorisms and wink wink casual mentions of things that had happened earlier in the movie which all seemed pretty forced. If you're okay with biopics completely misrepresenting their historical figures, it's a pretty good movie.

That being said, I have to stay I was blown away by the movie in itself and the sheer brilliance of Cumberbatch's performance which will not be the first time.. The movie not only includes a brilliant performance but the script and the story line is captivating from beginning till end making it totally worth to be nominated for four academy awards this year which are best picture, best supporting actress for Keira Knightley, best directing, and best actor for the ever so deserving Cumberbatch to which I would be so very disappointed if he did not snag that baby home. As far as the Critical response goes, Another incident where the Critics and I agree. *I really ought to have my temperature checked* The film has received positive reviews, with critics particularly lauding Cumberbatch's lead performance as Turing. Rotten Tomatoes sampled 216 critics and judged 90% of the reviews positive with an average rating of 7.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "With an outstanding starring performance from Benedict Cumberbatch illuminating its fact-based story, The Imitation Game serves as an eminently well-made entry in the 'prestige biopic' genre." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 72 out of 100, based on 47 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews".The film received a grade of "A+" from market-research firm CinemaScore and was included in both the National Board of Review's and American Film Institute's "Top 10 Films of 2014". If you have not watch it already, you really have to, even if it did not win the Oscars this year.. This movie is really NOT something you should miss..

I really loved the movie and the great performance of Cumberbatch. Alan Turing was a real hero and never recognized like that. Knowing that this happen in secret and only was revealed 50 years later…What more we don’t know?

It was inspirational and actually it doesn't matter how accurate they told the story of Alan Turing because it wasn't an academical writing or biography, it's just a movie to make you realise that Alan Turing changed the world. I intend to do further search about Alan Turing and I think what makes the movie successful is curiosity that audiences feel. Not every movie can achieve that

Imitation? then someone lost that game. The real Turing had nothing to do with the portrayal done by Broomface Cumberbatch. It's like hesaid "meh, let's just make a not funny Sheldon Cooper". And he has been doing the same character everywhere... The movie also fails to portray the real development of the Enigma machine. They show it as the work of just one man everyone thinks he is crazy, when it was the product of several teams with hundreds of people. And most of the key events were just made up. But at least the movie serves to teach people about the life (or at least the existence) of a great man who was forgotten by history, so that's why I still give it an 8. Also, it never gets boring, it's enjoyable, even if you already know they are making up most of it. It shouldn't be classified as biopic, but as historical fiction.