In a Perfect World...Nothing Like what occurs in Imitation Game could have ever happened. As this review is being written, the Presentation of this year´s Oscars is but a scant couple of hours away!
It is very easy to understand why Benedict Cumberbatch is one of the front-runners for Best Actor. As Alan Turing, a Cambridge professor who was anything but SIMPATICO, the British actor manages to inspire a great deal of audience empathy for a character who, had he been represented by a different actor, probably would not have been able to establish such a solid viewer connection!....
Now, under no circumstances, does my review purport to claim the film is 100% accurate as to every detail depicted! Of course not! Any cinematic endeavor is, by definition, a dramatazation of the events.
Certainly... IMITATION is no exception! It is a story that is INSPIRED by real events. Not intended to be taken in as a DOCUMENTARY!
As to the lead character´s faults or his sexuality, almost anyone who sees this film would testify as to its rather low key presentation and that is definitely rather discreet, by 21st Century standards! IMITATION... At least as far as I could see, seemed, more than anything else, rather taut and extremely entertaining! After all, isn´t that the essence of what CINEMA is SUPPOSED to be all about???
10**********... A truly rewarding and outstanding Film!
It is very easy to understand why Benedict Cumberbatch is one of the front-runners for Best Actor. As Alan Turing, a Cambridge professor who was anything but SIMPATICO, the British actor manages to inspire a great deal of audience empathy for a character who, had he been represented by a different actor, probably would not have been able to establish such a solid viewer connection!....
Now, under no circumstances, does my review purport to claim the film is 100% accurate as to every detail depicted! Of course not! Any cinematic endeavor is, by definition, a dramatazation of the events.
Certainly... IMITATION is no exception! It is a story that is INSPIRED by real events. Not intended to be taken in as a DOCUMENTARY!
As to the lead character´s faults or his sexuality, almost anyone who sees this film would testify as to its rather low key presentation and that is definitely rather discreet, by 21st Century standards! IMITATION... At least as far as I could see, seemed, more than anything else, rather taut and extremely entertaining! After all, isn´t that the essence of what CINEMA is SUPPOSED to be all about???
10**********... A truly rewarding and outstanding Film!