Review of Hidden Figures (2016) by Movie M — 13 Oct 2017

"Hidden Figures" is an extremely empowering movie for women, and is a ver well-thought out and well delivered film. All three of the lead actresses were great, Taraji P. Henson (Katherine Johnson), Octavia Spencer (Dorothy Vaughan), and Janelle Monae (Mary Jackson) all held their own, and each contributed a lot to this movie.

Each of their characters were deep enough, all three of them could've each had their own movie, but I really enjoyed the way they linked all three of these stories together. The movie deals a lot with the U.

S Space Program in the 60's and the "Space Race" with the Russians, and the tension within NASA during that time is definitely well translated into this movie, from the clothing, to the scenery, even down to the accents, it was all perfect.

There were some times in this movie where they tried to introduce some side stories into the main plot, which didn't really contribute much to the big picture of the movie, so I feel as though some of those parts could've either gotten more time, or just been scrapped completely in order to make the important parts even better.

All in all though, "Hidden Figures" is a great movie about empowerment in the 60's, and is definitely worth watching.