A truly remarkable story! 8/10

Rating: 8/10 (3 September 2017)

Review: What an amazing true story, which I found quite shocking, and entertaining at the same time. I can't believe that there was a group black ladies, known as the "human computers", working for Nasa, and that they were responsible for some of the most important missions of all time. The fact that there story has never been told, is what I found quite shocking, and there unique mathematical skills were truly remarkable. During racial times, and with there gender against them, Katherine G. Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae), swiftly move up the ranks in different departments at Nasa. With the Russians being the first to put a man on the moon, Al Harrison (Kevin Costner), is under a lot of pressure to complete a successful launch into space but all of there missions have failed because they haven't been able to put together the numbers correctly. Katherine is promoted to try and help to sort out there formulas but it takes some time for her to be taken seriously, as she is the only black woman in that department. Mary Jackson is also promoted but she really wants to be an engineer, which is unheard of for a black woman in Nasa. After reading the rules for becoming an engineer, she decides to attend night school so she can apply for the job. Dorothy Vaughan battles to get a promotion in her job, even though she plays more of an supervisor type role, and when the new IBM computer arrives at Nasa, she makes it her goal to teach the women how to use it, knowing that she might finally get the promotion that she deserves. With there determination, and there brilliant skills, these 3 African American women manage to achieve there goals, with the odds stacked up against them. That's what made this inspirational story so great, because they were all treated with disrespect, because of there race and gender but they played a huge part into getting an astronaut into space. The acting from the whole cast, was spot on and the whole look and feel of the film, made it emotional and very believable. I would have liked to have seen how the ladies progressed in time but apart from that, it's a great watch and it was good to see something great come out of a bad situation. Great Watch!
Round-Up: With such a small budget, and an amazing profit at the box office, director Theodore Melfi done a great job with such an remarkable story. He also directed St. Vincent, starring Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy, back in 2014, so with only 1 project in his filmography, the studio took a gamble with this director, which definitely paid off. With Pharrell Williams in the producers chair, who supplied a great soundtrack throughout the movie, and 3 Oscar nominations, I'm just glad that this movie got the respect that it truly deserved.
Budget: $25million Worldwide Gross: $230.7million
I recommend this movie to people who are into their biography/history/dramas, starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali and Aldis Hodge. 8/10