The true enigma was the man who cracked the code
| Cast |
Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard, Charles Dance |
| Director |
Morten Tyldum |
| Screenplay | Graham Moore, from the book by Andrew Hodges |
| Music | Alexandre Desplat |
| Cinematography | Oscar Faura |
| Editing | William Goldenberg |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2014 |
| Produced by | Black Bear Pictures, Bristol Automotive |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Low impact, infrequent |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Mild impact, infrequent |
| Prejudice | Low impact, infrequent |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | |
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| PG: Parental Guidance Suggested | Rated PG-13 for some sexual references, mature thematic material and historical smoking |
| Runtime | 114 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
| Suggested age limit 13 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers  It's an undeniable pleasure to dig into a crackling spy thriller dished out by experts. | 18 |  |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs When I first saw the film several months ago, I proclaimed it to be the best picture of 2014. Having just re-watched it after seeing the rest of the contenders, I stand by my assessment. | 16 | |
| Metacritic.com 49 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 226 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer With an outstanding starring performance from Benedict Cumberbatch illuminating its fact-based story, The Imitation Game serves as an eminently well-made entry in the ''prestige biopic'' genre. | 18 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 15 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Strong performances buoy teen-friendly historical drama. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 412 users | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 82805 users | 17 | |
| Internet 68112 Netizens The Turing Test | 16 | |
Average .. 81% | 16 | |