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Message: [QUOTE="Palatine, post: 5300103, member: 974"] [B]The Imitation Game ( 2014)[/B] Recently rewatched this gem. Ostensively a biography of Alan Turing centered around his days as a British code breaker in WW2. Turing is played, with an Oscar worthy performance, by Benedict Cumberbatch. He is the outsider in the midst of brilliant mathematicians, including another fish out of water, female Joan Clarke, played by Keira Knightley who also received Oscar consideration. This is a war story without the war but with all the drama and high stakes of any action picture as the code breakers attempt to unravel the mystery of the Enigma machine and decode German transmissions.Complicating matters, Turning is a closeted homosexual and extremely socially awkward. His attempts to decode humanity are as feeble as his insights are brilliant. This is a four star movie on all counts. It does take liberties with history but there are no short cuts in the film making. [/QUOTE]