During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his trouble... Read allDuring World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 49 wins & 165 nominations total
Tom Goodman-Hill
- Sergeant Staehl
- (as Tom Goodman Hill)
James G. Nunn
- Sherborne Student 2
- (as James G Nunn)
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- TriviaAlan Turing is shown running in various scenes. It's never mentioned in the film, but he was a world-class distance runner. In 1946 he ran a marathon in 2:46:03.
- GoofsA few examples of Americanism in speech which would not be used at that time. Turing twice uses the adjective "smarter" which only meant 'dress neater', British people would use "cleverer" until decades later.
- Quotes
Christopher Morcom: Sometimes it's the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine.
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Written by Alexander Norris, Stuart Hart, Scott Lean
Performed by Tony Liberto
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Brilliant performance
Whenever I watch films where it's based on a true story, I typically tend to not delve into the story itself and watch the film for its main purpose. Entertainment. I thought I'd quickly whack this in here, because I saw some negative reviews because it was a little bit inaccurate.
The film itself I thought was brilliant. It was a wonderful performance from Benedict (never used that word to describe acting before which speaks volumes) and he carried the film in the parts where not a lot was going on.
The plot itself was interesting and kept you in suspense throughout and it had great characters that were all likeable and kept you invested throughout!
My only real problem I had was that when they finally figured out the code, the film kind of dragged. All tension was gone from the film and you're left with 20 mins or so of just wrapping up stuff and dragging scenes on that didn't need to be, so I got a touch bored towards the end. But other than that it was a really enjoyable watch and for someone who wasn't really familiar with the true story I found it educational also, which is a nice bonus.
But yeah, it's definitely a film I'd recommend. 8/10 from me!
The film itself I thought was brilliant. It was a wonderful performance from Benedict (never used that word to describe acting before which speaks volumes) and he carried the film in the parts where not a lot was going on.
The plot itself was interesting and kept you in suspense throughout and it had great characters that were all likeable and kept you invested throughout!
My only real problem I had was that when they finally figured out the code, the film kind of dragged. All tension was gone from the film and you're left with 20 mins or so of just wrapping up stuff and dragging scenes on that didn't need to be, so I got a touch bored towards the end. But other than that it was a really enjoyable watch and for someone who wasn't really familiar with the true story I found it educational also, which is a nice bonus.
But yeah, it's definitely a film I'd recommend. 8/10 from me!
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- danielmanson
- Jun 3, 2021
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- Also known as
- Người Giải Mã
- Filming locations
- Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset, England, UK(Alan Turing's School)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $14,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $91,125,683
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $479,352
- Nov 30, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $233,555,708
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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