This movie could have been, in itself, an enigma/puzzle that would have been difficult to understand, and it most certainly was not. This movie was honestly thrilling. Alan Turing is a British mathematician who is hired by the government to solve a German machine known as "enigma" Solve? Yes, solve. The enigma works for the Germans as a machine that takes a secret German message and scrambles it into a code in which only the Germans know of. Turing is hired to find that code, which changes on a daily basis. The film itself is incredibly well written for what it is, and I actually learned quite a lot about not only WWII, but also Turing himself and interestingly enough, how homosexuality was treated back then in Britain. Benedict Cumberbatch pulls off a great performance that will somewhat seem like he's just playing his version of Sherlock Holmes, but still a very well played role. The movie was awesome, yet I felt as if it was lacking something. I couldn't exactly describe what, but all that aside, this movie taught me a few things and made me laugh and generally feel for Benedict's character. A well deserved Oscar nomination.
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