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- 2016
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 2 h 7 m
- 2016
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 2 h 7 m
Summary 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 ...
Directed By: Theodore Melfi
Written By: Allison Schroeder, Margot Lee Shetterly, Theodore Melfi
- 2016
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 2 h 7 m
- 2016
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 2 h 7 m
Hidden Figures
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7.5
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Summary 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 ...
Directed By: Theodore Melfi
Written By: Allison Schroeder, Margot Lee Shetterly, Theodore Melfi
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 47 Critic Reviews
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81% Positive
38 Reviews
38 Reviews
19% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 47 Critic Reviews
74
81% Positive
38 Reviews
38 Reviews
19% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Hidden Figures, both a dazzling piece of entertainment and a window into history, bucks the trend of the boring-math-guy movie.
A triumphant and heartwarming film, not an angry and scolding one, that carefully maps how excellence and determination win over the doubters.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 422 User Ratings
7.5
81% Positive
340 Ratings
340 Ratings
11% Mixed
48 Ratings
48 Ratings
8% Negative
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 422 User Ratings
7.5
81% Positive
340 Ratings
340 Ratings
11% Mixed
48 Ratings
48 Ratings
8% Negative
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
Hidden Figures nuanced historical references can bring inspiration and nostalgia to those wishing to remember the great accomplishments done by three ladies that have succeeded in making their names no longer hidden in this earth.
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When executed with love and peopled with actors who breathe life into their characters, Hidden Figures is precisely the delight it aims to be.
The story that Hidden Figures tells is so irresistible that you can almost forgive the fact that the movie itself is resistibly unoriginal. It’s an unabashed crowd-pleaser with a heavy history lesson undertow.
Hidden Figures is feel-good history, but it works, and it works on behalf of heroes from a cinematically under-served community. These smart accomplished women had the right stuff, and so does this movie.
This is heartfelt, inspiring stuff and there is no doubt that this is a true story that absolutely merits wider recognition.
Hidden Figures is a nice movie. At its head is a trio of good performances from Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae. But it is in essence a feature-length version of an inspiring social media image macro, or perhaps a Google Doodle. “Did you know that black women were important at NASA?” It has little else to offer.
I don't remember this movie super well. but i remember loving it and it's feminist message. Also it is a true story.
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these are big shoes to be filled..
Hidden Figures
Melfi's adaptation of Shetterly's book fails to grasp the stakes and magnitude of the content that the entire feature orbits around. And it can easily be filtered out from all the running sequences it executes since it could have been a bit more intense than it actually pretends to be. The narration is not only adaptive and gripping but contains layered dialogues that strikes well on your mind that highlights the entire sequence through it. If Henson; the protagonist, fails to live up to the potential of the role offered to her and mind that these are big shoes to be filled, she is blessed with an incredible supporting cast that helps elevate the momentum in each frame. No matter how stereotypical Costner's character gets, he still delivers thoroughly and on the other hand Spencer too leaves a long lasting impression through her performance. Although, Monae, Dunst and Parsons are surprisingly not convincing enough to blend in aptly into these numbers along with a bit amateur editing and lazy background score. The theme of the tale is genuinely fascinating as the three lead characters resonates their persona with such impactful notions in the storytelling that you cannot not be moved by it. They swoop in as their savior with such subtilty that you are practically wolfish rooting for more and more. And with the conflicts like such and the rivalries that anchors and holds them down, these moments glorify them itself. Melfi is undoubtedly a better writer than the director, his nature to weave out a gripping structure is much more powerful than convincingly projecting one. A tale fragile and powerful as Hidden Figures probably required better methodology and treatment in order to draw out more than a nod from the viewers, but the work that went in here is still plausible enough to explore these figures.1
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The movie tells an effective story, but is uninteresting visually and has quite a few weak performances, along with some subpar dialogue. The film's cast gives quite weak performances, particularly Henson, who the movie seems to hold up as a much better actor than she is in reality, bar Costner and Spencer, who both give solid performances. The movie could have been great with an improved script and a revamped cast. Though for all it's flaws the movie works decently as a feel good movie.
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boring characters who don't get challenged and every one just is to smart for the math problems and interesting storytelling
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Lord, let us give thanks for the miracle you have given us in your infinite wisdom, generosity, and mercy. Lord, thank you for blessing the world with Janelle Monae and her wide range of talents.
Why Spencer nominated？
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Production Company
Fox 2000 Pictures,
Chernin Entertainment,
Levantine Films,
TSG Entertainment
Release Date Dec 25, 2016
Duration 2 h 7 m
Rating PG
Tagline Meet the women you don't know, behind the mission you do.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 3 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 6 Wins & 9 Nominations
