Review of Hidden Figures (2016) by Brandon W — 11 May 2017

Hidden Figures is directed and co-written by Theodore Melfi, and it stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, and Kevin Costner in a biographical film about three woman that work in NASA, and they were having a hard time getting the job that they wanted to get as one is very smart, another wants to be a supervisor, and the third girl wants to be an engineer for rockets, whether it be a racial issue during the 1960s as their skins are black, and also a gender problem that they had to go through.

I was pretty excited to see this movie as the trailers for the film seem like it'll be a very classy one to watch, also for the fact that it was nominated for Best Picture from the Oscars, even if it didn't win it, and that I have never heard of this true story before, which I wasn't quite sure about why we haven't heard about it from history books in school.

When I finished the film, I was looking through YouTube in terms of things that are related to the film, and I come across a comment that I completely agree with, which was that there's finally a film that students can watch in math class alongside October Sky that's appropriate, and they can enjoy themselves greatly.

The three main leads are fantastic, and the stories that have the three of them are interesting as they can hold on their own, which the movie shows more of Taraji P. Henson's character. Kevin Costner is great as a supporting cast that he has some great moments in the film, and Jim Parsons is pretty good at being a complete jerk to the main character, which reminded me of Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory, but he's way more likable here as I'm not a fan of the show.

The writing by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi is well-written that seem to understand about the issues that the main characters have to go through whether it be racial or gender, while still creating character development and humor from the main leads.

The score by Han Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, and Benjamin Wallfisch is outstanding as it has great songs that were sang by Pharrell Williams, which I find them very catchy, different, and it fits to the time period that the movie takes place in.

The movie is definitely a feel-good one as when the characters find some resolutions to their problems, I felt very satisfied at it as they come so far to get where they're at, and I'm sure the audience would feel the same thing.

I was watching the reviewers who I trust that reviewed the film, and they have a common complaint that the relationship that the characters have is not quite fully developed and is there to show that the main characters have someone they love.

While I somewhat agree with that, I also think that the film is pretty short on that aspect, and it goes back to the NASA story pretty quickly that the audience and I were interested in. Hidden Figures is an amazing film that has a lot of heart, effort into it, and a flowing narrative that we'll learn something out of the three main characters.