The Imitation Game - Ein streng geheimes Leben - Kritiken

...does an impressive job of simplifying, condensing, and distilling what actually happened into a series of accessible “eureka!” moments...

...one of the more rousingly entertaining crowd-pleasers coming out this holiday...

Knightley is miles better than she's been in a while; sitting on a shelf rather than centre stage seems to suit her. She has fun with her plummy vowels, even when saying lines like I'm a woman in a man's job.

Moore’s opening line, spoken by Cumberbatch, is, “Are you paying attention?” After a few minutes you’ll realise it’s virtually impossible not to.

...takket være Cumberbatch er det (...) svært ikke at holde af dette besatte geni, der prøver at kommunikere med omverdenen, men altid finder, at tal er meget nemmere at tale med end de besværlige mennesker.

Växlar skickligt mellan tre tidsepoker och balanserar en tät thriller med skissen av gåtfulla människor.