Fact vs. Fiction in The Imitation Game

In December, L.V. Anderson published an article on Slate.com called "How Accurate Is The Imitation Game?" which went item by item through the film to see how close it was to reality.

The verdict: not too darned close. As Anderson says,

I discovered that The Imitation Game takes major liberties with its source material, injecting conflict where none existed, inventing entirely fictional characters, rearranging the chronology of events, and misrepresenting the very nature of Turing’s work at Bletchley Park. At the same time, the film might paint Turing as being more unlovable than he actually was.

It appears that the only the truly accurate parts of the film were that Alan Turing worked at Bletchley Park during World War II, that he was trying to crack the German Enigma machine, and that he worked on the prototype of the modern computer. 

Other than that, well ... not much else sticks to the facts. His co-workers say he was a very likeable guy, he was quite open about his sexuality, he likely never even knew John Cairncross (the man who turned out to be a Soviet spy), and there's no indication that he ever needed to separate his carrots and peas.

Ah, well... I enjoyed the movie anyway.