Could have been better cast and written

Rating: 6/10 (16 February 2017)

***watched for the 2017 Oscars
A lot of the movie felt like it was just saying "wow look at how evil white people used to be" which got old fast. Every time Katherine walked into a room, the movie basically stopped for 30 seconds to let the point sink in. It got really tedious.
Additionally, if they were trying to create an atmosphere similar to the 60s, why was there modern music? It was really distracting and unfitting. The casting here was rough. I can't take Parsons seriously, same with Powell who I just see as the idiot from Scream Queens. They really didn't sell that they were brilliant scientists. Other than that, the acting was pretty good, namely Henson, and it's disappointing she wasn't nominated instead of Davis.
The movie really suffered anytime it cut to Katherine's personal life. Those scenes really dragged on and didn't seem to have any affect on her professional life, which was what the movie was about. Had these scenes been cut, this could have been a lot better.
The directing felt very basic and by the numbers. It feels like I've seen this movie a bunch of times already, just with different actors.