Hidden Figures

2016 "Meet the women you don't know, behind the mission you do."
7.8| 2h7m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 10 December 2016 Released
Producted By: Fox 2000 Pictures
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.hiddenfigures.com
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The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

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Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place
Lawbolisted Powerful
Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense
Jerrie It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
t-coxwell Superb story, script, acting, nice to see Kevin Costner back on form. I can only praise this film and hope Hollywood can knock out another masterpiece soon,but while super heroes rain supreme I doubt it very much. Highly recommended.
Gareth Crook It's difficult to watch this and not feel some anger, but it's still a great film and a great story. A true story brought very nicely to the screen with typical American sheen. It's all a little sanitised though, maybe through fear of making it too real, showing too much, to the point that I can't help wondering if this would've had even more punch without the slick cuts, well timed musical interludes and 1960s button down cleanliness. That same sheen and humour does bring some fantastic "Fuck yeah! You show em!" moments though, one of which is cringeworthy, but will make you tingle. Make no mistake, it's powerful stuff and be warned you may not get through this without shedding a tear. It's enjoyable to watch the lead characters battle on regardless, headstrong, proud and more than capable than most around them. At the same time it's frustrating to see them have to work 10 times harder to get a fraction as far and even more so that over 50 years later, discrimination on race and gender is still around today. We better sort this shit out before we think about going into space.
jimbo-53-186511 Three female African-American Mathematicians join NASA in the early 60's at a time when segregation was still rife. Despite all of the prejudice that is levied upon them they defy the odds and each in their own way prove pivotal to NASA and their bid to get a man into space....Racial segregation in the US was something that I was aware of and was something that I also had a basic understanding of, however the NASA space race was something I knew little about so on that basis I decided to give this film a shout and I pleased to report that I think I made the right call...Every time I watch a film with racial segregation I feel as though I've been transported into some kind of alternate reality (in that I still find it hard to believe that those times ever existed). Director Theodore Melfi has no quarms in getting this point across and hammers it home at nearly every given opportunity (the heavy-handed approach employed here is my only major criticism that I have with this film).Minor criticisms lie with the imbalanced story arcs with the 3 protagonists; we learn a lot about Katherine (whose brilliant mind and nervous energy make her an interesting and rather fun character to watch), but her friends don't get the same focus which was a bit frustrating to me as I would have liked to have learned more about them. Like a lot of biopics, Melfi plays a lot of the material on the safe side; it's a little fuzzy at times with rather predictable character shifts.However, despite some of the above comments I did enjoy this film ( a special mention goes out to Taraji P Henson who I thought was terrific). The tenacity of these 3 women is beyond question and the breakthroughs in science that they achieved is simply phenomenal. Even with some of its shortcomings, this is an uplifting film about overcoming prejudice, fighting your corner and applying your talents to something that you believe in (regardless of how tough the road ahead may be). I take my hat off to these 3 women and would certainly recommend this film to one and all.
JamesMcIrish I enjoyed this thoroughly. It isn't likely to be the most true to life imagining I've ever seen of the problems people of colour faced in the US in the 60's and it no doubt glosses over a lot of issues, but all in all I found it sufficiently entertaining not to mind.A solid 7/10.