The best film of the year. Hope it gets the Oscar!!

Rating: 10/10 (5 February 2017)

I don't think there is a spoiler possible here. Everyone already knows what the movie is going to show from the trailers and slug lines but I check the box, just in case.
I have just seen the best movie I have seen in quite a long time. I keep hoping for one this good but they mostly just rehash old stuff and end up with a shiny new DUD! This one, however, was NOT a dud. It was a GO, all the way.
The actors were believable, the writers were spot on and the director knew just the right pacing and insert shots to do to tell the story without being obvious.
I never knew about these ladies and I was glued to the TV right with a few million other people for these baby-step space flights. The "NASA team" surely covered over a lot of individual contribution but this needed to come to light a long time ago. The day of the flight would not have been too soon.
The racial angle was covered well, without being offensive. I remember going to J.C. Penney's on Texas St. in Shreveport and seeing two drinking fountains. I remember the blacks sitting at the back of the trolley cars. It seemed strange but that's the way it was then. These things were obviously pointed out but the viewer was not hit over the head with these facts.
I feel this is a fair presentation of the facts and I add my congratulations to these women, especially, and the rest of the NASA workers for making a safe flight, multiple times over.
You need to see this movie as soon as possible. I hate to gush, but it is that good! I hope to see more like this soon and stop being so bored with the current crop of movies. Oh, Oscar committee.... VOTE FOR THIS ONE!!