The Imitation Game is the 2015 movie about Alan Turing, the British Mathematician who would be instrumental in breaking the German's 'invincible' Enigma encoding machine during WWII. Turing's work at Bletchley Park is widely credited as shortening the war by two years, as it gave the allies insights into German communications during the war. It also laid the groundwork for modern computers. He was also a homosexual in an era where that was illegal; he was convicted and forced to take hormone therapy treatments to 'cure' him. They didn't; he committed suicide at age 41.
I can't speak to the historical accuracy of the film, but it was done well. The story (idiosyncratic and difficult but brilliant person overcomes odds to to something amazing) and associated tagline ("Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.") were good, if familiar. It is sad how he was treated (he would be posthumously pardoned by the Queen in 2014).
Rating: B+
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