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Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #130. Morton Tyldum’s The Imitation Game

Published on February 13, 2014

The Imitation Game

Director: Morten Tyldum
Writer: Graham Moore
Producers: Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman
U.S. Distributor: The Weinstein Co.
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong

This is Norwegian director Morten Tyldum’s highly anticipated follow-up to his international breakout success, 2011’s Headhunters. We’re happy to see him back with another dose of twisty suspense. If the film sounds familiar it’s because there was a 2001 film called Enigma, directed by Michael Apted that was, very loosely, based on the same mathematician. We’re certain Tyldum’s will usurp a superior status, especially considering the numbingly busy Benedict Cumberbatch is headlining.

Gist: English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II.

Release Date: The Weinstein Co. were so confident about the title that they just grabbed it for a cool 7 million. Expect a nice, fat premiere slot at Toronto with perhaps Venice as a competitive possibility.

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Nicholas Bell

Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2021: France (Bruno Dumont), Passing (Rebecca Hall) and Nightmare Alley (Guillermo Del Toro). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.