Hidden Figures Review

Hidden Figures

Release Date: 5th February 2017 - Australia

Production Companies
Fox 2000 Pictures (presents)

Chernin Entertainment 

Levantine Films

TSG Entertainment (made in association with)

Distribution

20th Century Fox Australia

Genre: Drama

Rating: PG

Runtime: 127 minutes 

Budget: $25,000,000

Box Office Gross: $237,613,666 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary

It is the inspirational true

story of three pioneering
female mathematicians:
Katherine Johnson, Dorothy
Vaughan and Mary Jackson.
Together, these women broke

new ground with their

calculations, helping NASA
to catch up with the Soviet

Union in the "Space Race"

and achieving the first

successful orbit of the Earth

by American astronaut,

John Glenn.

Not only did they help launch
John into orbit, but they

also transcended gender
and racial boundaries,

confounding expectations and

disproving stereotypes.

During this time, they

encouraged generations

to set their sights high and 

dream big.

Cast

Taraji P. Henson - Katherine G. Johnson

Octavia Spencer - Dorothy
Vaughan

Janelle Monáe - Mary Jackson

Kevin Costner - Al Harrison

Kirsten Dunst - Vivian Mitchell

Jim Parsons - Paul Stafford

Glen Powell - John Glenn

Mahershala Ali - Col. Jim
Johnson
Aldis Hodge - Levi Jackson
Kimberly Quinn - Ruth
Olek Krupa - Karl Zielinski
Kurt Krause - Sam Turner
Ken Strunk - Jim Webb
Lidya Jewett - Young

Katherine Coleman

Donna Boscoe - Mrs. Joylette
Coleman
Ariana Neal - Joylette Johnson
Saniyya Sidney - Constance
Johnson

Zani Jones Mbayise - Kathy
Johnson
Tre Stokes - Levi Jr.
Selah Kimbro Jones - Carolyn Marie Jackson

Corey Mendell Parker - Howard Vaughan 

Ashton Tyler - Leonard Vaughan
Alkoya Brunson - Kenneth
Vaughan
Karah Kendrick - Younger
Joylette Coleman
Jaiden Kane - Joshua Coleman
Gregory Alan Williams - Marion

Smithson

Maria Howell - Ms. Summer

Arnell Powell - Professor Graves

Ron Clinton Smith - White Cop

Crystal Lee Brown - Bernie

Tequilla Whitfield - Eleanor 

Dane Davenport - Alan Shepard

Evan Holtzman - Deke Slayton
Travis Smith - Scott Carpenter
Scott Michael Morgan - Bill
Calhoun

Chris Cavalier - IBM Technician
Robert G. McKay - Pastor Ayres

Rhoda Griffis - White Librarian

Karen Wheeling Reynolds - Court Clerk

Kate Kneeland - Court Clerk

Joe Knezevich - Wind Tunnel PA Announcer

Paul Ryden - TV Reporter at

Cape Canaveral

Frank Hoyt Taylor - Judge

John Atwood - Newscaster

Jon Edwin Wright - Newscaster
Wilbur Fitzgerald - Senator
Patrick

Michael Hartson - Night School Professor

Bob Jennings - Navy Officer

Gary Weeks - Reporter at Press Conference

Afemo Omilami - Man Outside Store

Cullen Moss - Mission Controller

Amy Tipton - Woman Crying

Elijah Everett - Crying Man

Andre Pushkin - Russian Scientist

Randall Newsome - Russian Scientist 

Joe Hardy Jr. - Gordon Cooper

Howie Johnson - Library Security

David Kallaway - NASA Security
Addison Rose Melfi - Addie Marcus

Crew
Screenplay/Producer/Director - Theodore Melfi
Based on the Book/Executive 

Producer - Margot Lee Shetterly
Screenplay - Allison Schroeder
Executive Producers - Jamal Daniel,

Ivana Lombardi, Mimi Valdes and Renee Witt
Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager -
Kevin Halloran
Producer/Music - Pharrell Williams

Producers - Peter Chernin,
Donna Gilgotti and Jenno Topping
Co-Producer - Kimberly Quinn
NASA Consultant - Sheva Moore
Casting Director - Victoria Thomas
Production Designer - Wynn Thomas

Art Director - Jeremy Woolsey

Set Decorator - Missy Parker
Costume Designer - Renee Ehrlich Kalfus

Makeup Department Head - Beverly Jo Pryor
Director of Photography - Mandy Walker

First Assistant Director - Gary Marcus
Stunt Coordinator - Keith Adams
Special Effects Supervisor - Mark R. Byers
Visual Effects Supervisors - Chris & Mark LeDoux

Editor - Peter Teschner

Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer/

Additional Re-Recording Mixer - Wayne Lemmer

Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer/

Re-Recording Mixer - Derek Vanderhorst

Additional Sound Designer - Craig Henighan

Re-Recording Mixer - Andy Nelson
Music - Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch

Review 

I have recently viewed a few of the newly released movies contending for Oscar nominations, including HIDDEN FIGURES. This historically dramatic film focuses on a little-known moment of history. The movie's plot surprised me as I never thought it'd be about three black women wanting to change NASA and face discrimination. I didn't watch any films during a time of segregation when Martin Luther King had yet to introduce the civil rights policy in America. This feature is moving, and I find HIDDEN FIGURES fascinating in showing African Americans' involvement in the space program. It justifies its appeal to modern audiences by presenting a dramatic storyline of female empowerment and equality.

The actresses Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer presented compelling performances in the movie. Other cast members, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, and Jim Parsons, also stood out in their roles. The latter is why I wanted to see HIDDEN FIGURES because I am a fan of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

Emotionally incredible, this is a must-see drama for all ages. It is a film that will continue to please audiences.

Star rating: (8/10) Very Good Movie

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