Relevant despite the time period

Rating: 9/10 (7 March 2017)

I love intelligence, resilient women, and astronauts. I also am a woman working for a tech company, so I knew going into this that I would enjoy it. I had to actively tell myself to not let me love for Taraji P Henson blur my opinion of this movie, but in the end, it was just a joy to watch. It was a classic, I laughed, I cried, I found myself fearing for John Glenn's life even though I knew how that would work out (history, obviously). I worried the idea of Kevin Costner in ANOTHER "coach" type role would bore me, but it didn't. I worried that Jim Parson's only has one tone, and he does. But that was fine, because it all just worked, and was a true feel good film that felt perfectly relevant, even despite the time period. 9/10