Excellent from Start to End. Great Cast

Rating: 10/10 (1 January 2017)

1 January 2017: Happy New Year: Shana Tovah, Hag Sameh akh.
Two thumbs up, way up high. Academy Oscar winning performances from Taraji, Octavia and Kevin. Great directions by Theo Melfi.
Initially, I was going to wait later to see this movie. I was not aware of this real life story brought to the screen for all to see. The three lead actresses are all great in their roles. I just saw pretty singer turned actress, Janelle Monae in the film "Moonlight" two weeks ago.
But I have been watching pretty and talented Taraji Henson for several years in such films as "I Can Do Bad By Myself", "No Good Deed", "Think Like a Man 1&2", Karate Kid (remake)and several others. Taraji has Always done a great job. I think she is finally in the ranks of her Caucasian/White counterpart actresses, Julia Roberts and the great Meryl Streep. Without a doubt, Taraji deserves an academy award as best actress.
However, I have seen that sometimes after an African American wins the great gold Oscar statue, it still does Not guarantee the black actor/actress will work a lot. That is with the exception of the great Denzel Washington who has won two Oscars and still works as much as he did prior to winning.
Kevin(The Bodyguard)Costner is equally good as the head honcho standing between fairness equality and racism and Jim Parsons, pretty Kirsten Dunst (Spiderman) are good as racist bosses. One of the scenes that I was so happy to see that really touched me when Kevin Costner tore down the "Colored" sign above the door and ripped the label on the coffee pot, as well as when Taraji as Katherine and Octavia as Dorothy made their first progress to show their racist supervisors how smart and intelligent not only African Black Americans are, but also proving that intelligence is genderless as well. I admired Janelle's "Mary" as the cocky standup for herself role, but also knowing that in that time period, such an arrogant mouth would have gotten her in serious trouble with the racist bigoted Caucasian/Whites.
Myself, having been in the active army and active army reserves, I feel the actor, Glen Powell as astronaut John Glenn was cast to young to be have been a full bird army colonel, but this is a Hollywood movie based on a real life story that took place many years ago.
Great movie, let's see more like this to show racist people in this great country and other countries that Africans and African Americans are Not all in gangs, on drugs, in prisons or lazy. A lot are: teachers {my oldest son, Alex}, lawyers, doctors, military generals, political leaders, airplane & helicopter mechanics {my youngest son, Sullas}, talented singers, actors/actresses and sports hall of famers. We need more positive movies about Hispanics/Latinos and Asians such as the great film "Stand and Deliver" starring Edward J. Olmos many years ago and the "Selena" film, starring pretty and talented Jennifer Lopez.
Mazel Tov, ad ha palm haba ah.