Hidden Figures
Based on a true story, Hidden Figures recounts how three black American women served as the brains behind several key 1960s NASA missions. Stars Taraji P. Henson (TV's Empire), Janelle Monáe (Moonlight), and Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer (The Help).
Physicist, space scientist, and mathematician Katherine G. Johnson (Henson), along with Dorothy Vaughan (Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Monáe), were instrumental in executing one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn (Glen Powell) into orbit. It was an achievement that restored the United States' confidence, turned around the Space Race, and galvanised the world. The gifted trio crossed gender and race lines and inspired generations to dream big. Kirsten Dunst and Kevin Costner co-star.
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Liam Maguren
flicksLooking for an entertaining film starring women of colour dominating an intellectual field? Then skip this review and watch Hidden Figures right bloody now. This is the real-life tale of three African-American women who didn’t get enough credit for their contributions to NASA and the space race, making it an immensely valuable story to tell.
Such an inspiring and heart-warming story that needed to be told.
This film was amazing! It was such an important story to be told, especially in a time of increased insular nationalism and racism in the world. What these three women did was truly amazing. The cast of this film was great too. One of my best films ever!
Variety
press"Hidden Figures" is empowerment cinema at its most populist, and one only wishes that the film had existed at the time it depicts...
Time Out
pressThe film aims for the stars but might have gone stratospheric if it cooled its jets ever so slightly.
The New Yorker
pressA crucial episode of the nineteen-sixties, centered on both the space race and the civil-rights struggle, comes to light in this energetic and impassioned drama.
The New York Times
pressThere is something to be said for a well-told tale with a clear moral and a satisfying emotional payoff.
The Guardian
pressAlthough it looks like a movie machine-tooled to ride the wave of #OscarsSoWhite backlash, its actual ambitions seem far more modest: to entertain a lot, to educate a bit and to cheerlead pretty much constantly.
Radio New Zealand
pressThe story is a great one and all the better for being mostly true...
Los Angeles Times
pressLike the calculating women whose lives it celebrates, "Hidden Figures" knows what it's doing.
Flicks, Liam Maguren
flicksLooking for an entertaining film starring women of colour dominating an intellectual field? Then skip this review and watch Hidden Figures right bloody now. This is the real-life tale of three African-American women who didn’t get enough credit for their contributions to NASA and the space race, making it an immensely valuable story to tell.
Variety
press"Hidden Figures" is empowerment cinema at its most populist, and one only wishes that the film had existed at the time it depicts...
Time Out
pressThe film aims for the stars but might have gone stratospheric if it cooled its jets ever so slightly.
The New Yorker
pressA crucial episode of the nineteen-sixties, centered on both the space race and the civil-rights struggle, comes to light in this energetic and impassioned drama.
The New York Times
pressThere is something to be said for a well-told tale with a clear moral and a satisfying emotional payoff.
The Guardian
pressAlthough it looks like a movie machine-tooled to ride the wave of #OscarsSoWhite backlash, its actual ambitions seem far more modest: to entertain a lot, to educate a bit and to cheerlead pretty much constantly.
Radio New Zealand
pressThe story is a great one and all the better for being mostly true...
Los Angeles Times
pressLike the calculating women whose lives it celebrates, "Hidden Figures" knows what it's doing.
Such an inspiring and heart-warming story that needed to be told.
This film was amazing! It was such an important story to be told, especially in a time of increased insular nationalism and racism in the world. What these three women did was truly amazing. The cast of this film was great too. One of my best films ever!
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