The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game

The true enigma was the man who cracked the code.

Directed by Morten Tyldum

Produced by Bristol Automotive, Black Bear Pictures

2014113 min8.0 / 10

A tense, intellectually demanding biographical thriller about a brilliant but isolated mathematician racing to break Nazi codes while grappling with persecution and existential isolation.

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

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  • Is The Imitation Game sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is The Imitation Game scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is The Imitation Game violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Imitation Game easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does The Imitation Game end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

75/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity49

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise86

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love96

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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