Powerful well told story with an important message

Rating: 8/10 (6 March 2017)

Hidden Figures (2016) is a very moving/powerful story about three African-American females working for NASA in the early 1960s. First of all, the acting and the performances from the three leads are fantastic, very award worthy, Octavia's Oscar nomination was very deserved, I just really wish that taraji p Henson's performance would have been recognized by the academy, because she truly did shine here. The script is masterfully written and the dialogue is fitting. I liked Kirsten Dunst, Kevin Costner, and Jim Parsons too, they fit their respective roles and portrayed them very well. The movie teaches a message of the importance of diversity and it also shows the immense harms that racial segregation back in the 1960s brought to society. And the movie is entertaining as well, it has its light and funny moments amongst the very dramatic and sometimes tense scenes. I highly encourage everyone to see this movie, especially families with children. Messages of diversity and the mistakes that we've made in past history is so important to teach kids. And Hidden Figures does that wonderfully! 8/10 for Hidden Figures.