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Old 02-22-2017, 09:45 PM
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I took the kids and SWMBO to the show this afternoon to see Hidden Figures. It was an excellent movie and good for children. For those of you unaware, the movie is based upon a book of the same name telling the story of African-American women with high math aptitude (well into the gifted catagory) who worked at Langley Space Center during Project Mercury as essentially, human computers. It is a story of race in America in 1961. There are some uncomfortable, racial-based moments in the movie, but the kids asked good questions afterwards, so entertaining and educational.

The story played a little loose with the time lines from Gagarin to Glenn for dramatic effect. The computer effects, especially the Russian rockets, were great and the historical footage was well done as well. Any factual deviation I was aware of didn't distract from the movie or the story. Jim Parsons and Kevin Costner were great in support as were Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae in the lead rolls.

It joins the list of great space movies we've had over the last several years: Apollo 13, Gravity, Interstellar and The Martian.

Two Thumbs Up/ 5 stars. Recommended for the whole family.


It took me a few moments to decipher SWMBO.

That's funny!

Mine is simply referred to as "V2V", "The Vixen", or "The Warden".
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