Incredible movie on so many levels

Rating: 10/10 (14 May 2017)

This is a great movie. Run, don't walk, to see it. It's touching, funny, inspirational, infuriating and always captivating.
Hidden Figures is the true story of three African American women who worked as "computers" in the US space program, and who overcame significant racist and sexist prejudices to succeed and advance in the predominately white male space program. ("Computers" were human mathematicians employed before the advent of electronic computers. The Space Task Force – a predecessor to NASA – was segregated, and "colored computers" worked separately from their white counterparts who were treated much better in terms of job opportunities, offices, restrooms, etc., etc.)
The entire cast is excellent. Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe play the three "colored computers" and the movie intertwines their professional and person lives with the early days of the Mercury space program. Kevin Costner plays Kevin Costner playing the head of the Space Task Force. (No one captures the 60s sensibility better than Costner) while Kirsten Dunst and Jim Parsons play obliviously racist administrators.
The movie does an excellent job of recreating the look and feel of the 60s, and appears to have been faithful to the true story of the three women mathematicians. (One glaring error is that Mission Control during John Glenn's flight seems to have moved to Langley, VA.) The space program facilities feel authentic even though the movie was shot entirely in Georgia.
If you like the topic, the space program, movies, the 60s, or just about anything else, see it now.