Grade: B
Director Theodore Melfi has put together a delightful movie with Hidden Figures, which is about a trio of African-American women in the early 60s (Octavia Spencer, Janelle Mona’s, and Taraji P. Henson, all with great chemistry and are marvelous together and apart) who provide NASA with helpful mathematical data to assist with the launch of some of their first space missions. The cast has a few Atlanta actors, and I loved seeing them (one of the guys I know even had a two-word speaking line). In addition to them, we have Kevin Costner, who will never go down in history as the best actor in the world, but makes an effective impression here as the big boss. His portrayal reminds me of certain bosses/artistic directors I’ve worked for – cool, a little weird but in a fun way, with possible ADD. A quirk of the Costner character is he frequently seems to be snacking on something. Other familiar faces include the always-welcome Kirsten Dunst, and The Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons as the closest thing to a villain we have here – and boy, is he slimy, almost melodramatically so. You will hate him, and enjoy when the underestimated underdogs give him his comeuppance. This is the feel-goodiest of the feel-good films I’ve seen recently. It is inspirational, and will leave you with a pep in your step.
Grade: B
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