[T]he film is anchored by yet another hypnotically complex Cumberbatch performance. He's turning greatness into a habit. -- Grade: B+

Though hindsight is always 20/20, The Imitation Game gives us a fair and balanced glance at the tragedies that prejudice and inequality can cause. Turing achieved more in one war-torn decade than Bill Gates or Steve Jobs. Full Review

The Imitation Game is a film that will in all likelihood earn Benedict Cumberbatch his first Oscar nomination, for he absolutely shines as Alan Turing in this top-notch biopic. Full Review

The disturbing, involving, always-complex story of British mathematician Alan Turing is a tale crafted to resonate for our time, and the smartly entertaining THE IMITATION GAME gives it the kind of crackerjack cinematic presentation that's pure pleasure to experience.

[The] screenplay does an impressive job of simplifying, condensing, and distilling what actually happened into a series of accessible 'eureka!' moments, and THE IMITATION GAME is at its best when it focuses on the collision between cryptography and proto-programming.

4 stars out of 5 -- A finely etched character study, with Cumberbatch on towering form.

Rating: 4/5 -- Keira Knightley is cut-glass and surprisingly convincing as Joan Clark. Full Review