Inspirational performances carry this feel-good, if formulaic, piece of forgotten history.
Verdict tier Recommended, most critics liked it, on a scale of Unfavorable, Mixed, Recommended, Exceptional.
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Critic consensus
Hidden Figures receives a broadly positive reception, with most critics appreciating its telling of a genuinely inspirational and historically significant story about race and gender discrimination in the 1960s U.S. space program. Performances are widely noted as a strength, and the film is generally described as feel-good and enjoyable. The most common criticism is that it handles its weighty subject matter in an obvious or lightweight fashion, and at least one critic found the film burdened by an overload of subplots.
Positive = 6.5/10 and up · negative = below 5/10
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If you're ready to ignore some of its misgivings, Hidden Figures is still a pretty enjoyable watch, and if you had the fortune of learning FORTRAN in school you'll find the film a wonderful sendoff to the programming language.
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Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan are as geeky and nerdy as the men, but they are treated as the ones who will clear the trash and offer clerical services, when asked.
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Hidden Figures tells us a genuinely inspirational story in obvious fashion, and is buoyed by the performances all around...
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It is a very close approximation of the three lives in the space and time that cinema as a medium works with.
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As far as the viewer goes, the story dates back to the 60s, but when you catch the tributes paid to the the real Johnson, Vaughan, and Jackson during the credit roll, you know that this story of triumph needed to be told, right here, right now.
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This is a feel-good drama that is intended to reveal the untold story about how race played an important role in the U.S.-Soviet space race.
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Hidden Figures feels lightweight while saying things about the way women specially of a particular skin-tone, are treated at workplaces.Like the 3 heroines who break the shackles of their destiny to emerge triumphant this film remains happy at heart even when sadness seems constantly around the corner.
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Despite the stellar cast, though, the film is weighted down by an overload of subplots, including one about a budding romance between the single mother math whiz and a veteran guardsman (Mahershala Ali). Coincidentally, both Ali and Janelle Monae also have prominent roles in Moonlight — which also hit screens this week, and is a far better bet if you're looking for a movie that inspires.
Credits
Taraji P. HensonKatherine Johnson
Octavia SpencerDorothy Vaughn
Janelle MonáeMary Jackson
Kevin CostnerAl Harrison
Kirsten DunstVivian Michael
Jim ParsonsPaul Stafford
Mahershala AliJim Johnson
Glen PowellJohn Glenn
Ariana NealJoylette Johnson
Saniyya SidneyConstance Johnson
Olek KrupaKarl Zielinski
Aldis HodgeLevi Jackson
Kimberly QuinnRuth
Maria HowellMs. Sumner
Rhoda GriffisWhite Librarian
Gary WeeksReporter at Press Conference
Theodore Melfi
Peter Chernin
Jenno Topping
Pharrell Williams
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