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- “Hidden Figures” has three key characters who could make any other movie on their own. So despite an overly calculated feel, the numbers add up in favor of this uplifting film, which celebrates America’s pioneer spirit during the space race while delving into that era’s shameful aspects vis-à-vis race and gender.
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Dec 20, 2016 · In “Hidden Figures,” the FORTRAN punch cards coded by Dorothy Vaughan ( Octavia Spencer) prove that she is not only qualified to be the first employee supervisor of color in the space program, but that her “girls” (as she calls them) have the skills to code the IBM mainframe under her tutelage.
Jan 6, 2017 · In heartwarming, crowd-pleasing fashion, Hidden Figures celebrates overlooked -- and crucial -- contributions from a pivotal moment in American history. Read Critics Reviews. TOP CRITIC. Aug...
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- Theodore Melfi
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- Taraji P. Henson
Dec 22, 2016 · In “Hidden Figures,” three African-American women play crucial rolls in the 60s space race while battling racial and gender inequality at NASA.
- Theodore Melfi
- A.O. Scott
- 127 min
“Hidden Figures” is a polished Hollywood movie through and through, but the power and importance of its story along with the three central performances easily overshadow any hiccups.
Movies about brilliant scientific or mathematical minds often focus on their subject’s ego—not so with a new film about three African American women who worked at NASA in the ’60s.
Dec 11, 2016 · Film Review: ‘Hidden Figures’. Feel-good drama reveals the largely untold way in which race factored into the U.S.-Soviet space race. By Peter Debruge. Photo Courtesy of 20th Century Fox. Before...
Hidden Figures is an upbeat, inspiring tale about the role three African-American women played in the NASA program during the early 60's. First Katherine Johnson (Henson), our lead, a gifted mathematician and human computer trying to carve out a roll in the Space Test Group.
