The incredible untold true story of Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) & Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae)—brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. This stunning achievement galvanized the world and inspired generations to dream big.
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2016
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Based on the unbelievably true life stories of three of these women, known as "human computers", we follow these women as they quickly rose the ranks of NASA alongside many of history's greatest minds specifically tasked with calculating the momentous launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, and guaranteeing his safe return. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Gobels Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented them in U.S. history as true American heroes. Written by 20th Century Fox
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Taraji P. Henson , Octavia Spencer , Janelle Monáe , Kevin Costner , Kirsten Dunst , Jim Parsons , Mahershala Ali , Glen Powell , Ariana Neal , Saniyya Sidney , Zani Jones Mbayise , Donna Biscoe , Olek Krupa , Aldis Hodge , Kimberly Quinn , Frank Hoyt Taylor , Lidya Jewett , Karan Kendrick , Jaiden Kaine , Kurt Krause , Ken Strunk , Selah Kimbro Jones , Tre Stokes , Corey Mendell Parker , Ashton Tyler , Alkoya Brunson , Ron Clinton Smith , Gregory Alan Williams , Maria Howell , Arnell Powell , Crystal Lee Brown , Tequilla Whitfield , Dane Davenport , Evan Holtzman , Travis Smith , Scott Michael Morgan , Chris Cavalier , Robert G. McKay , Rhoda Griffis , Karen Wheeling Reynolds , Kate Kneeland , Joe Knezevich , Paul Ryden , John Atwood , Jon Edwin Wright , Wilbur Fitzgerald , Michael Hartson , Bob Jennings , Gary Weeks , Afemo Omilami , Cullen Moss , Amy Tipton , Elijah Everett , Andre Pushkin , Randall Newsome , Joe Hardy Jr. , Howie Johnson , David Kallaway , Addison Rose Melfi
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Theodore Melfi
Hidden Figures is Drama, History, Biography movie. Directed by Theodore Melfi, and starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Glen Powell, Ariana Neal, Saniyya Sidney, Zani Jones Mbayise, Donna Biscoe, Olek Krupa, Aldis Hodge, Kimberly Quinn, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Lidya Jewett, Karan Kendrick, Jaiden Kaine, Kurt Krause, Ken Strunk, Selah Kimbro Jones, Tre Stokes, Corey Mendell Parker, Ashton Tyler, Alkoya Brunson, Ron Clinton Smith, Gregory Alan Williams, Maria Howell, Arnell Powell, Crystal Lee Brown, Tequilla Whitfield, Dane Davenport, Evan Holtzman, Travis Smith, Scott Michael Morgan, Chris Cavalier, Robert G. McKay, Rhoda Griffis, Karen Wheeling Reynolds, Kate Kneeland, Joe Knezevich, Paul Ryden, John Atwood, Jon Edwin Wright, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Michael Hartson, Bob Jennings, Gary Weeks, Afemo Omilami, Cullen Moss, Amy Tipton, Elijah Everett, Andre Pushkin, Randall Newsome, Joe Hardy Jr., Howie Johnson, David Kallaway, and Addison Rose Melfi. You can watch this movie online in HD with subs on Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Hotstar, YouTube. Don't forget to check out more movies like The Founder, The Imitation Game, and In the Heart of the Sea on Justdial's Movies Online.
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The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.
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Major Feel-Good Movie, just gets better as it goes along
In the opinion of this reviewer, an extraordinary achievement.
The characters on which the film is based were special and unique on their own, and well deserving of the sort of semi-documentary films that Hollywood likes to serve up.
However, to take that story and bump it up to a major "feel-good film" that engages the viewer from the getgo and does not let up until the very end of its 2 hour and 5 minute running time, THAT is what elevates this project to greatness.
I want to be clear on this because it is important. There are two ways to do a feel-good film. One is (ironically!) by the numbers, using proved plot arcs and other script devices to make it work. An example of this for example is the latest Disney release MOANA which has taken some heat from critics for being derivative and not original. But that, you see, is the tried and true method to achieve the effect that the producers wanted. And it works.
The other way to make a film engaging and fun is to use your instincts and your actors to get the most from each scene. No rule book, no fixed way of doing a scene, just doing what works. This is, I believe the way that writer/director Theodore Melfi set out to do Hidden Figures, and boy did he pull it off! The acting is stellar. Costner has matured in his latest film roles and his work here is as far from the nonsense he used to do (like the dreaded Robin Hood) as the earth is from the sun.
Taraji P. Henson finally lands a great role, the kind of role she was looking for when she left the hit series Person of Interest a tad early.
And every good film or TV series needs a character who is "the glue" or a reference point that the viewer can use, like a compass needle, to see where we are in the main story. Here Octavia Spencer gives the performance of her life as that "glue" and helps the director to pace the film.
Highly recommended.
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