Uplifting, and then.....Lift Off!!.....

Rating: 9/10 (20 February 2017)

NASA found unfathomable talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history.....
As true stories that change the way people perceive others, this ticks all the boxes of this well known sub-genre, and it's all the more better for it.
I honestly had never heard of this remarkable story before i heard that the film had gone into pre-production, but it's quite shocking that one of the most important facilities on this planet could treat ethnic minorities in such a deplorable way, even when they clearly are making a positive difference to such an important project.
We go through the atypical struggles of our three heroines, being ignored by other co-workers, the classic 'let's all stare in silence' scene when a new employee starts, and of course, the abhorrent way that bathrooms are oppressive.
But what the film doesn't do is sugar coat the narrative. Certain films would have sub-characters warm to the free come the final act, but this shows restraint in doing this, something that makes the film all the more powerful.
As usual, Costner is amazing in his role, and the 'interrigation' scene is funny, moving, and damning to the doubters.
The scenes involving him and Henson, are wonderfully touching, but never involving that warmth you would expect from a film like this, thus making it feel all the more real. His main focus is the job in hand, and scenes like him smashing down the bathroom is to help him get the job done, after all, it takes Henson around forty minutes to use the facilities.
The message is positive, the performances are amazing, particularly Spencer and Costner, and hopefully this film will draw attention to Costner and Spencer's wonderful film 'Black and White'