Hidden Figures Review

Now we all know about the Oscars and it's recent bluff that has been over the news but usually I never see a film that is Oscar nominated before. Here is one of the films were I actually have seen and got nominated. Hidden Figures is about 3 Black women working at NASA in the early 60's which played a crucial part in the unmanned space rocket tests before the 1969 moon launch. The three main characters are called Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson) who was a crucial part of the success of the rocket tests as she figured out all the coordinates needed, Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer) a woman who tried her best to become the IT supervisor who never got the job never mind her attempts but she helped in working the IBM machine and eventually becoming the supervisor and Marry Jackson (Janelle Monáe)  a woman who become the first black person to graduate at Hampton University to become an engineer.

The Characters are well developed and you can understand each character no matter of the screen time they share to the other characters. The soundtrack as well is good with numerous songs by Pharrell Williams and of course composed by Hans Zimmer who is well known for numerous films. There are not many negatives I can say to this film as it is based on true events found from a book a year prior to the films making. However I personally did not think it was Oscar worthy. I mean don't take this the wrong way it is a good film but I have seen a few films like these and I found them all the same unless there is something special to them. To me this film didn't have anything special to it apart from the characters would standout to most of the scenes in the film. Feel free to comment on this.

Overall I thought the film was good and I enjoyed it. There are a few scenes that might make you tear up and most of them will get you thinking on what society was like in those times. Anyway I would give Hidden Figures a 8.5/10