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		geographomics on Dec 20, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Poor Imitation of Alan Turing I had the same feeling when watching this film. Instead of giving this portrayal the depth Turing deserved, Cumberbatch instead fell back on his usual typecast genius character with minor tweaks. Very disappointing.

melling on Dec 20, 2014 [–]

Cumberbatch didn't write the screenplay.

geographomics on Dec 21, 2014 | [–]

Nonetheless, he was poorly cast.

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