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Monday, January 09, 2023

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

 

Written and directed by Rian Johnson, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is the sequel to the 2019 film in which a detective is invited to the home of a tech billionaire with many of his friends as it leads to a murder mystery and so much more. The film explores a billionaire who believes he is to be murdered but something else happens forcing a detective to take charge as the role of Benoit Blanc is reprised by Daniel Craig. Also starring Edward Norton, Dave Bautista, Kate Hudson, Janelle Monae, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Madelyn Cline, and Jessica Henwick. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is an exhilarating and riveting film from Rian Johnson.

Set during the 2020 pandemic, a tech billionaire invites his closest friends to his island for a getaway weekend to solve his own murder mystery with the renowned detective Benoit Blanc being a surprise guest where he realizes something is wrong. It is a film that explore the world of the rich in which five people who are either famous or are influential go to this Greek island to meet their friend to celebrate the launch of a new formula yet things don’t go well where everyone has a motive. Rian Johnson’s screenplay has an offbeat structure though much of its narrative is straightforward as it involves these five people who are all close friends with this tech billionaire in Miles Bron (Edward Norton) as they’ve all become successful because of him. Among those he invites are his head scientist Lionel Toussaint (Leslie Odom Jr.), the governor of Connecticut in Claire Debella (Kathryn Hahn), controversial fashion designer Birdie Jay (Kate Hudson), and men’s right influencer Duke Cody (Dave Bautista) while Jay brings her longtime assistant Peg (Jessica Henwick) and Cody brings his girlfriend Whiskey (Madelyn Cline).

Another invitation was sent to Bron’s former business partner in Alpha co-founder Cassandra “Andi” Brand (Janelle Monae) who reluctantly goes while an additional invitation was sent to Blanc where Bron has no clue who sent that invitation. The weekend getaway isn’t just a reunion between old friends who all met at a bar they used to hang out but also to announce the launch of a new alternative fuel that Bron wants to present to the world much to the concerns of both Toussaint and Debella believing that this fuel is dangerous. Johnson’s script doesn’t just play into this event where Bron is expected to be murdered only for the night to not go as planned. It’s also in the characters as Debella’s governor campaign was funded by Bron as she reluctantly allows him to create a factory for his new fuel while Toussaint is also someone who raises concerns about the fuel yet is forced to cover up for him to save his reputation. Jay is a politically-incorrect former model-turned-designer who is in trouble as she is being blackmailed to make a statement to save Bron while Cody is dealing with declining interest as he wants to be part of Bron’s new media outlet.

Then there’s Andi as she was the one introduced Bron to everyone and was the smartest person around until Bron became powerful and she was forced out of the company they created with Cody, Debella, Jay, and Toussaint testifying on his behalf to get Andi out. The script also play into this island that these people are in, that also has another guest in a slacker named Derol (Noah Segan) who just lazes around and doesn’t do anything, as it’s run by this alternative fuel that Bron believes will create good yet when a key character dies. Everything becomes questionable but also raises a lot of questions about why Bron wanted to be the victim in a play-murder mystery where nearly everyone on this island has a motive in wanting to kill him. Yet, it is Blanc that is trying to figure things out but there is questions into how he got an invitation that is revealed in the second half as it plays into more intrigue while raising the stakes into the suspense and drama itself.

Johnson’s direction is definitely stylish not just for its playful sense of intrigue but also setting it almost entirely in this Greek island as it is shot on location in the island of Septses in Greece with some interior scenes set in New York City shot on location in Belgrade. Yet, the film opens with Cody, Debella, Jay, and Toussaint each receiving a big box as they call each other that is revealed to be a mysterious series of mini-games that ultimately unveils this invitation. It then cuts to a scene of Andi in a garage with the box herself as she just smashes it with a hammer while Blanc’s first scene is him in a bathtub playing a game with some celebrities on his laptop is the moment he gets the mysterious invite. While a lot of Johnson’s compositions are straightforward with its approach to wide and medium shots to establish the locations but also in scenes that are showed from one perspective and then be shown in another perspective from another character that wasn’t shown onscreen.

Johnson also maintains attention to detail when it comes to close-ups or shots that was shown previously in a scene be shown again where it is all about the small details. Notably in some of the dialogue with Blanc being someone who is a lot smarter than people realize yet has his limits in serving justice since he’s out of his jurisdiction to do something because he’s in another country. Bron’s house itself is a character in the film where the centerpiece of it is the model of a large glass onion on top of the house while the dining room features the actual painting of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Mona Lisa that Bron had purchased from the Lourve. The house does play into this metaphor of the glass onion where there are many layers but the center of it is where the truth is held as it leads to this climax. Even as the many characters in the film are all guilty of something with some coming clean yet others are unwilling to come clean in order to save themselves as it play into people of wealth as they’re more concerned with maintaining their reputations and power instead of doing the right thing. Overall, Johnson crafts a rapturous and evocative film about a detective who is invited to an island for a murder mystery game only for things to go wrong with everyone being a suspect.

Cinematographer Steve Yedlin does amazing work with the film’s cinematography with its usage of colorful and natural lighting for many of the daytime exterior scenes along with some stylish lighting for the interior/exterior scenes at night. Editor Bob Ducsay does brilliant work with the editing with its emphasis on rhythmic cutting to play into the suspense as well as a few montages for some of the film’s humorous moments. Production designer Rick Heinrichs, with set decorator Elli Griff and supervising art director Andrew Bennett, does excellent work with the look of Bron’s lavish home including his glass onion office room with all of its gadgets and other aspects of the home itself. Costume designer Jenny Eagan does fantastic work with the costumes from the stylish look of Byrd and Andi as well as the more casual look of the other characters.

Hair/makeup designer Jeremy Woodhead does terrific work with the look of the characters in a flashback scene of how they met in the late 90s/early 2000s and they would look in the present. Special effects supervisor Paul Stephenson, along with visual effects supervisors Fabricio de Vasconcellos Baessa Antonio, Geoffrey Basquin, Sameer Malik, David Sadler-Coppard, Boyd Shermis, and Erik Winquist, does nice work with some of the visual effects relating to this hydrogen-based fuel substance as well as some elements of set dressing for some of the scenes in Greece. Sound designer Josh Gold and co-supervising sound editor Matthew Wood do superb work with the sound in the way a strange hourly dong sound appears as well as other elements of sound of how things sound from afar in a particular scene and how it would sound up close.

The film’s music by Nathan Johnson is incredible for its luscious music score that is filled with Eastern European-inspired orchestral arrangements with its strings, harpsichords, and bombastic percussions as it adds to the suspense and drama as it is a highlight of the film while music supervisor Julie Glaze Houlihan creates a soundtrack that features a couple of songs by David Bowie plus the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nat King Cole, Toots and the Maytals, and in the film’s closing credits is the where the film’s title comes from in a song by the Beatles.

The casting by Bret Howe and Mary Vernieu is wonderful as it feature some notable small roles from Dallas Roberts as Debella’s husband, Jackie Hoffman as Cody’s mother, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the voice of Miles’ clock in the hourly dong, and Noah Segan as a slacker living in Miles’ home who doesn’t really do anything other than be a comic relief. Madelyn Cline is fantastic as Cody’s girlfriend Whiskey who seduces Miles for her own reasons while dealing with the chaos that is happening as she ponders about her time with Cody. Jessica Henwick is terrific as Jay’s assistant Peg who often has to clean her boss’s messes while also wondering the decisions that Jay often makes as she is sort of a conscious in the film. Dave Bautista is excellent as Duke Cody as a video-game Twitch streamer/men’s rights activist who is dealing with declining interest as he hopes to be part of Bron’s new media outlet but also carries some guilt as it relates to Andi. Kate Hudson is brilliant as Birdie Jay as a former-model-turned fashion designer who often says stupid and politically-incorrect things unaware of their meanings as she is dealing with her own scandals where she is being blackmailed by Bron knowing it will ruin her.

Kathryn Hahn is amazing as Governor Claire Debella of Connecticut who worries about Bron’s new idea knowing it will cause trouble but is forced to give in so that she can save her political career. Leslie Odom Jr. is superb as Lionel Toussaint as Bron’s head scientist who is aware of the dangers of this new creation that Bron is trying to push yet has to sit back and be quiet due to the fact that he also has a reputation to protect. Edward Norton is incredible as Miles Bron as a billionaire/tech mogul who has invited his friends to his island as he hopes to offer them a glimpse into the future into a new hydrogen-based alternative fuel believing it will help the world unaware of its dangers while is also arrogant in his beliefs and ideals that makes him a major target towards his old friends.

Janelle Monae is phenomenal as Cassandra “Andi” Brand as Bron’s former business partner who gets a reputation as she is often seen from afar and is quiet until when she decides to speak while Monae brings a lot of layers into her performance that is full of humor but also some depth into a woman who felt cheated as well as wanting some idea of justice. Finally, there’s Daniel Craig in a sensational performance as Benoit Blanc as the renowned detective who gets a mysterious invitation to Bron’s island while trying to uncover everything that is going on as he also has a lot of questions about everyone around him where Craig brings some humor as well as a lot of wit into his character that makes Craig a joy to watch while the scenes he has with Monae are also a joy in the way they help each other.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is a spectacular film from Rian Johnson that is headed by great performances from Daniel Craig and Janelle Monae. Along with its ensemble cast, gorgeous locations, its approach to suspense and drama, and an exhilaratingly rich music score by Nathan Johnson. It is a film that isn’t just full of excitement and thrills but also a film that explores a group of people on an island dealing with a murder mystery and much more with a detective trying to solve it and uncover some dark truths. In the end, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is a tremendous film from Rian Johnson.

Rian Johnson Films: Brick - The Brothers Bloom - Looper - Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi - Knives Out - (Knives Out 3)

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Sunday, December 30, 2018

Moonlight (2016 film)




Based on the semi-biographical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney, Moonlight is the story of the life of a man told in three different period in time as a boy, a teenager, and as a young adult as he copes with his sexual identity and his troubled family life and environment. Written for the screen and directed by Barry Jenkins from a screen story by Tarell Alvin McCraney, the film is a coming-of-age story that is told in an unconventional style that play into a boy’s growth into a man. Starring Trevante Rhodes, Andre Holland, Janelle Monae, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala Ali. Moonlight is an evocative and ravishing film from Barry Jenkins.

Set largely in the Liberty City ghettos of Miami, the film follows the life of a young boy named Chiron who would later endure all sorts of struggles with his identity and environment in the course of three different periods. It’s a film that play into these different periods in Chiron’s life where he lives in the ghetto trying to survive yet is facing a much bigger prejudice for the fact that he might be gay. Barry Jenkins’ screenplay uses a simple three-act structure to play into Chiron’s life as the first act is about the adolescent Chiron as he’s called Little (Alex Hibbert) with the second act is about him as a teenager (Ashton Sanders), and the third act where he’s an adult (Trevante Rhodes). The first act has Little meet up with this drug dealer named Juan (Mahershala Ali) who finds him at an abandoned crack house after being chased by bullies. Juan would be a guide to Little as he teaches him how to swim and lead his own path in life despite the verbal abuse and neglect he gets from his mother Paula (Naomie Harris) who is becoming a crack addict.

The second act has the teenage Chiron feeling lost both in his direction and in his identity where he is bullied by a schoolmate in Terrel (Patrick Decile) and whatever money Juan’s girlfriend Teresa (Janelle Monae) gives him would often go to his mother to support her addiction. The second act also play into Chiron’s friendship with Kevin (Jharrel Jerome) as they were schoolmates when they were kids as it would lead to some revelations for Chiron but also heartbreak. The third act is about the adult Chiron living in Atlanta where he takes the nickname Black that Kevin used to call him as he’s a big-time drug dealer with a sense of uncertainty until he receives a call from the adult Kevin (Andre Holland) that would force him to return to Miami.

Jenkins’ direction doesn’t exactly go for anything that is stylistic other than a few flowing hand-held camera shots yet it does manage to maintain a sense of beauty through its approach to grittiness. Shot on location in the Liberty City section of Miami with a few parts of the film shot in Atlanta, Jenkins’ uses the location as an important area that is known for its crime and drug culture while it’s a world that has great demands for kids and adults to be tough. For Little, it’s a bigger hurdle in not just being black in the ghetto but much more dangerous in being a young African-American kid in the ghetto who is gay. There are wide shots in Jenkins’ direction yet it’s more about creating a mood through the compositions he is creating as well as these events that would shape the life of Chiron. One notable scene at Juan’s home with Teresa is where Little asks about being called a faggot where it is presented with a simplicity but also with some low-key dramatic tension. Even as Juan is forced to realize the faults of masculinity among African-Americans as he also has to deal with the fact that he’s played a part in Little’s troubled relationship with his mother.

The second act has Jenkins take on something far more unpredictable but also in its approach to violence where the teenage Chiron has to take a stand but also see the horror of how much his mother’s addiction has become. There is also this moment on the beach as the scenes of the beach are this recurring symbol of serenity and peace that Chiron craves for. Even in the first act where Juan teaches Little how to swim as it’s this world that he can escape into while the second act has him and Kevin in an intimate scene that would mark a major change in their friendship. The film’s third act does feel more up to date but Jenkins would also change the tone a bit into something that is looser but also with elements of stylish images that play into Black’s sense of longing. Even as his meeting with the adult Kevin play into not just nostalgia but also regret into the life he was accepted for who he is. Overall, Jenkins crafts a majestic yet intoxicating film about the life of a boy becoming a man in three different parts of his life.

Cinematographer James Laxton does incredible work with the film’s cinematography as its usage of naturalistic and colorful lights for much of the film’s daytime exterior scenes is matched with its usage of filters and stylish lights for the interior/exterior scenes set at night. Editors Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon do amazing work with the editing as its usage of slow-motion and other stylish cuts play into the drama with Sanders doing the film’s first two acts while McMillon does the film’s third act to create a different tone for each section. Production designer Hannah Beachler, with set decorator Regina McLarney and art director Mabel Barba, does excellent work with the look of the home that Juan and Teresa live in as well as the different homes Chiron would stay in.

Costume designer Caroline Eselin does fantastic work with the costumes as it is largely casual with the exception of the school uniforms that Little would wear along with some of the clothes that Paula wore. Sound editors Joshua Adeniji and Benjamin L. Cook do brilliant work with the film’s sound as it help convey the atmosphere of the location along with the sound of waves in nearby location as it brings a calm to the dramatic moments of the film. The film’s music by Nicholas Britell is phenomenal for its rich and mesmerizing orchestral-based score with lush string arrangements that play into the drama and chaos that Chiron endures for much of his life as it’s a score that is devastating yet serene in its presentation while music supervisor Maggie Phillips creates a soundtrack that mixes hip-hop and soul music from artists like Aretha Franklin, Boris Gardiner, Goodie Mob, Barbara Lewis, Erykah Badu, OG Ron C, and DJ Candlestick.

The casting by Yesi Ramirez is great as it feature some notable small roles from Patrick Decile as the teenage Chiron’s bully Terrel, Shariff Earp as one of Juan’s dealers in Terrence, and Stephon Bron as a dealer for Black. Janelle Monae is fantastic as Teresa as Juan’s girlfriend who is a maternal figure of sorts for the young Chiron as she is also someone who is stern yet reveal the things that Chiron needs to do to be a good person in life. Naomie Harris is brilliant as Chiron’s mother Paula as a nurse whose addiction to crack leads to neglect and abuse on Chiron as she is also someone that is desperate and full of hate while becoming remorseful in the film’s third act. Mahershala Ali is amazing as Juan as a Cuban-born drug dealer who becomes a father-figure to Chiron as he also becomes troubled by Paula’s addiction while he also deals with some of the issues he’s created for the people around him.

In the role of Chiron’s friend Kevin Jones, the trio of Jaden Piner, Jharrel Jerome, and Andre Holland are incredible in their respective roles as the child, teenage, and adult versions of the character with Piner as the young Kevin trying to help Little be tough and cool. Jerome provides a charisma and coolness to the teenage Kevin as someone trying to be accepted in school but also make a discovery of his own in his friendship with Chiron. Holland’s performance is more reserved as a man trying to live a good life where he is somewhat content with where he’s going while being concerned about who Chiron has become.

In the roles of Chiron, the performances of Alex Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, and Trevante Rhodes are phenomenal in their portrayals of this young boy who would become a man with Hibbert displaying a troubled innocence as the young Chiron in Little as he doesn’t say much but manages to convey so much through his face. Sanders’ performance as the teenage Chiron has elements of restrained but also a melancholia as someone struggling with his identity and being bullied where this emergence of rage would come out. Rhodes’ performance as the adult Chiron known as Black is low-key in its emotions as someone who is trying not to think about the past but also cope with his experiences in life as well as deal with his own loneliness and regrets in his life.

Moonlight is a tremendous film from Barry Jenkins. Featuring a great ensemble cast, gorgeous visuals, an entrancing music score and soundtrack, realistic settings, and a touching coming-of-age story told in three different periods in time. It’s a film that explores a man trying to come to terms with his identity as well as the world around him as a boy, teenager, and a man as it’s told in a rich and intoxicating style. In the end, Moonlight is an outstanding film from Barry Jenkins.

Barry Jenkins Films: Medicine for MelancholyIf Beale Street Could Talk - (The Underground Railroad (2021 Limited TV Series)) - (Mufasa: The Lion King)

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Tuesday, March 06, 2018

Hidden Figures




Based on the non-fiction book by Margot Lee Shetterly, Hidden Figures is the true story of female African-American mathematicians who worked at NASA where they would provide the numbers for the right flight trajectories for the Mercury space missions in the early 1960s. Directed by Theodore Melfi and screenplay by Melfi and Allison Schroeder, the film is an exploration of the small number of people whose contribution to the 1960s space race to be as important as those that flew into outer space. Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Glen Powell, Mahershala Ali, and Kevin Costner. Hidden Figures is an enchanting and exhilarating film from Theodore Melfi.

Set in 1961 and 1962, the revolves around a trio of African-American women who work at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia for NASA where one of the women would find the right mathematic problems for flight trajectories for the upcoming Mercury space missions during the 1960s space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Though these three women try to deal with the work they have to do at a time where everything is segregated at the time as men and women work at different buildings with African-American women having to work in one different side of the building with white women. They all have a role to play in order to beat the Russians in the space race as they’re having a hard time catching up with them. The film’s screenplay by Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder does have a straightforward structure as it play into the obstacles the mathematician Katherine Goble (Taraji P. Henson), the aspiring engineer Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae), and supervisor Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer) face.

Yet, the script focuses largely on Goble who is a widowed mother of three girls as she is a gifted mathematician since she was a child yet is still undervalued until she is transferred to work with the Space Task Group led by Al Harrison (Kevin Costner) who would see what Goble has to offer. Still, she has to cope with the fact that she has to run half-a-mile to go to the bathroom since the closest one is only for white women until Harrison makes the decision to get rid of the ideas of segregation by knocking down a “colored only” sign in the women’s bathroom. While Goble would also have to endure the fast-paced world of getting results as well as deal with a supervisor in head engineer Paul Stafford (Jim Parsons) who is trying to impose his superiority over Goble. The script also showcase what Jackson and Vaughn go through as Jackson would work with Karl Zielinski (Olek Krupa) whom he sees as someone with potential and would encourage her to get her engineering degree.

For Vaughn who has been taking on the role of acting supervisor for her team, she still has to deal with her supervisor Vivian Mitchell (Kirsten Dunst) who tells Vaughn what she needs to do though she’s unaware that Vaughn would be the one to figure out the new IBM 7090 supercomputers and how they work. There is also a subplot as it relates to Goble’s personal life as she falls for a military officer in Jim Johnson (Mahershala Ali) who would eventually become her husband which would help bring some happiness to Goble just as she’s starting to find fulfillment in her professional life.

Melfi’s direction doesn’t have a lot of stylish visuals in order to capture a moment in time where it was an era of civil unrest as well as this sense of change emerging. Shot largely at the Morehouse College in Atlanta, the film opens with a look into Goble’s life when she as a child and how she became this unknowingly gifted child that could do math problems beyond anyone’s expectation. While Melfi would use some wide shots including some key scenes set in space, much of the film would have Melfi employ more straightforward shots to play into Goble and the need to do her work and stand out among many. Even as she would wear colorful dresses while the rest of her co-workers are seen wearing white shits and a black tie. The wide shots that Melfi creates in some of the buildings show that sense of disconnect between blacks and whites and their roles in NASA but it eventually becomes more intimate once they start to realize the value these women have for NASA.

Melfi would also play into light-hearted moments as it relates to some of the individual moments that Jackson would go through as she would file a petition to be allowed to get her engineering degree as well as Vaughn taking a library book that would allow her to understand the IBM machine. The film’s climax which revolves around the mission with John Glenn (Glen Powell) who has taken notice of Goble’s work and wants her to do the math as he sees her as someone of immense value. Though Goble at first isn’t part of this mission, Harrison realizes that everything they have been relying on with the IBM show some discrepancies in the calculations forcing him to have Goble at his side. It all play into what one person could do and make a small but important contribution to the space race. Overall, Melfi crafts a compelling and riveting film about three women whose small contributions to the 1960s space race would make a major difference for themselves and everyone else.

Cinematographer Mandy Walker does excellent work with the film’s cinematography from the usage of colors for many of the exterior daytime scenes as well as how some of the interiors are lit including some of the scenes set at night. Editor Peter Teschner does terrific work with the editing as it is largely straightforward with some rhythmic cuts to play into the drama. Production designer Wynn Thomas, with set decorator Missy Parker and art director Jeremy Woolsey, does brilliant work with the look of the offices and labs as it play into the environment the characters work at where it starts off that is a bit oppressive but then warms up once everyone is on the same page. Costume designer Renee Ehrlich Kalfus does amazing work with the costumes from the colorful dresses many of the African-American women wear at work and off work as well as the clothes that the white men/women wear which are a bit colorless to display their buttoned-down look.

Visual effects supervisors Chris and Mark LeDoux do fantastic work with the visual effects for the scenes set in outer space including the film’s climax during John Glenn’s Earth orbits. Sound designers Wayne Lemmer and Derek Vanderhorst do superb work with the sound in the way rockets sounded as well as the sparse elements in the way chalk and typewriters would sound. The film’s music by Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, and Benjamin Wallfisch is incredible for its mixture of Zimmer and Wallfisch’s orchestral music to play into some of the low-key elements of the drama without anything bombastic as well as some of the soul-based music created by Williams who would also compile the film’s soundtrack to feature a lot of the music of the times including some of the soul music that was emerging during those times.

The casting by Victoria Thomas is great as it feature some notable small roles from the trio of Saniyaa Sidney, Ariana Neal, and Zani Jones Mbayise as Katherine’s daughters, Aldis Hodge as Mary’s husband, Donna Biscoe as Katherine’s mother who watches over her granddaughters, Karen Kendrick as the younger version of Katherine’s mother, Lidya Jewett as the young Katherine, Kimberly Quinn as Harrison’s secretary Ruth, Olek Krupa as the Jewish-Polish scientist Karl Zielinski who encourages Mary to get her degree as he sees value in her, and Glen Powell in a terrific performance as John Glenn who realizes the value in Katherine’s gift for mathematics as he sticks with her results rather than what everyone says. Jim Parsons is good as Paul Stafford as a head engineer who gives Goble problems to work on and not realizing what she could do as he is forced to accept what she’s able to offer.

Kirsten Dunst is fantastic as Vivian Mitchell as a supervisor who supervises all of the women while having to deal with Vaughn whom she knows is qualified but often tells her about the rules as it’s a low-key yet effective performance. Mahershala Ali is excellent as Jim Johnson as a military officer who woos Goble as he is fascinated by what he does and wants to be there for her. Kevin Costner is brilliant as Al Harrison as the Space Task Group director who takes notice of Goble’s work and realizes her value while making changes that he feels is necessary for everyone including Goble whom he realizes is a much smarter person than everyone else. Janelle Monae is amazing as Mary Jackson as a mathematician who aspires to be an engineer as she has something to offer as a famed scientist realizes that and gives her the chance to get her degree as it’s a performance full of charisma.

Octavia Spencer is incredible as Dorothy Vaughn as an acting supervisor who heads the African-American women’s section who is trying to get promoted while she would be the one person to figure out how the IBM machines work giving her the chance to be valued by everyone. Finally, there’s Taraji P. Henson in a phenomenal performance as Katherine Goble Johnson as the gifted mathematician who knows any kind of problem needed as she is the smartest person in the room that no one is aware of while dealing with some of the demands in her work as well as the need to be there for her daughters as it’s Henson in one of her triumphant performances to date.

Hidden Figures is a spectacular film from Theodore Melfi. Featuring a great cast, a rapturous story, gorgeous visuals, and a joyful music soundtrack. It’s a film that showcases people whose small contributions to something monumental would prove to have a lasting effort as this true story of these three women isn’t just inspirational but also prove that even those behind the scenes matter. In the end, Hidden Figures is a sensational film from Theodore Melfi.

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