Considering when this based-on-a-true-story movie is set in, and the leading characters are African American women, there is a huge emphasis on the subject of racism and sexism that is shown in this film. It also seemed like there were scenes that the movie took some liberties with, to create some solid dramatic moments to hook the audience; there are some comedic ones too. You know what? It worked. It worked really well.
This is undeniably a crowd pleasing story about underdogs beating the odds to make history by their achievements. Sure the plot progression of the movie moves along as expected, there isn't any real true stand out surprises, and there aren't any fancy visuals. In a film making point of view, it's all just fine. However, did I mention how it just works, and is such a crowd pleaser?
Directing and writing aside, this movie probably wouldn't have worked if it wasn't for the fantastic leading actresses, Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae, playing the inspiring real life characters that are Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, respectfully. These are real people that everybody needs to know about, and this movie giving them more exposure is only a good thing. It's also a good thing that this movie is actually pretty good too.
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