Review of Hidden Figures (2016) by Jake L — 24 Mar 2017

Beautifully paced and engaging, this is a wonderfully constructed movie. Well acted, and enjoyable from start to finish.

The three female leads are outstanding, particularly Taraji P Henson's increasingly confident and feisty performance.

The extraordinary times these women had to endure is staggering for today's audiences to believe.

Virtually all the men in NASA come out of this movie looking like idiots. Which is untrue and unfair, when you look at their overall contribution to the space race.

Though it has to be said some more naive viewers of this film may be led to believe that three black women single-handedly were responsible for America sending the first man to the moon. When in reality hundreds of men and women of all races in NASA were crucial to that achievement. The fact that the black women involved got no recognition at all at the time, makes the movie's skewed emphasis understandable.

Well worth watching and not preachy in any way.