Let's start 2017 on a positive note with Hidden Figures. It is the ultimate feel-good movie about a vital element of human history in relation to space exploration that we are not aware of .
The film is the true story of the three African-American lady mathematicians who played a vital role in the Mercury Program of NASA and helped the United States win the race to space against the Soviet Union. It wasn't that easy for them since it was during the time of racial segregation in the U.S. South and they're all women, which it all accounts is a double whammy.
The three lead actresses: Oscar winner Octavia Spencer (Dorothy Vaughan), nominee Taraji P. Henson (Katherine Johnson) and singer Janelle Monae (Mary Jackson) in only her second film after the excellent Moonlight, all give outstanding performances as the pioneering ladies of NASA who broke barriers. Kevin Costner is at his all vintage self as their big boss. Jim Parsons making a 360 turn from his iconic nerd role in TV's The Big Bang Theory, plays one too albeit a racist one. Kirsten Dunst is also in the film playing Spencer's mean supervisor whose heart can easily be melted when the call arises. Monae's Moonlight co-star Mahershala Ali is also in the cast playing Johnson's love interest.
Hidden Figures succeeds because it's one hell of an inspirational tale with all the right elements released in a perfect time where we question equality and tolerance not only in the United States but also worldwide.
Hidden Figures succeeds because it's one hell of an inspirational tale with all the right elements released in a perfect time where we question equality and tolerance not only in the United States but also worldwide.
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