History YMMV / HiddenFigures

* HarsherInHindsight: When Dorothy says that the newly invented IBM computer will put them out of work, her predition couldn't be more accurate. In RealLife many people have been out of a job due to computers ''and'' [[https://www.newframe.com/robots-will-put-people-out-of-work-and-hope/ robots]] especially during UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, which also accelerated this process as people were stuck inside.

* {{Anvilicious}}: The movie is somewhat heavy-handed with its anti-racist and anti-sexist themes, though they're the themes that drive the plot and are still incredibly relevant to this day.
* AwardSnub: Despite the critical praise the movie received, Creator/OctaviaSpencer was the only cast member to receive an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination. Taraji P Henson was completely overlooked, as was Music/JanelleMonae. The film was also nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, but unsurprisingly went home empty-handed.
* FountainOfMemes: Mary, the DeadpanSnarker of the three women, is this because of how many funny lines she got and Janelle Monae's delivery.
* HarsherInHindsight: When Dorothy says that the newly invented IBM computer will put them out of work. In RealLife many people have been out of a job due to computers ''and'' [[https://www.newframe.com/robots-will-put-people-out-of-work-and-hope/ robots]] especially during the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.
* HilariousInHindsight: Janelle Monae came out as pansexual a few years after the movie was released, which makes her line "I got the right to see fine in ''every'' color" a fairly accurate summing up of Monae's real-life sexuality.
* MemeticMutation: At the Golden Globes, the film was ''twice'' misidentified as "Hidden Fences," due to being confused with the same year's film adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Fences}}''. Since about the only thing the two films have in common is their focus on black characters, much fun was had with the implications of the mistake.

** Creator/JimParsons is [[{{Typecasting}} playing a role similar]] to [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Sheldon Cooper]], but in a period drama. For some, this made his character hard to take seriously.
* NarmCharm: Jim's proposal to Katherine. The sentimental nature of it should make it too sappy to take seriously, but it still manages to be quite sweet.

* RomanticPlotTumour: For some viewers, the focus on Katherine and Jim falling in love and getting married takes too much time away from the far more interesting NASA storyline. The fact that Jim doesn't really add anything to the story beyond being a SatelliteLoveInterest makes this even more obvious. Many fans of the film felt the friendship between the three main female characters was the most captivating personal relationship in the movie, anyway.

* MemeticMutation: At the Golden Globes, the film was ''twice'' misidentified as "Hidden Fences," due to being confused with the same year's film adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Fences}}''. Since about the only thing the two films have in common are their focus on black characters, much fun was had with the implications of the mistake.

** The line "at NASA, we all pee the same colour" is incredibly awkward and forced, especially since the impact of the gesture was felt by just having the sign for 'Colored Bathrooms' being torn down.

* RomanticPlotTumour: For some viewers, the focus on Katherine and Jim falling in love and getting married takes too much time away from the far more interesting NASA storyline. The fact that Jim doesn't really add anything to the story beyond being a SatelliteLoveInterest makes this even more obvious. Many fans of the film felt the friendship between the three main female characters was the most interesting personal relationship in the movie, anyway.

* AwardSnub: Despite the critical praise the movie received, Creator/OctaviaSpencer was the only cast member to receive an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination. Taraji P Henson was completely overlooked, as was Janelle Monae. The film was also nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, but unsurprisingly went home empty-handed.

* HarsherInHindsight: When Dorothy says that the newly invented IBM computer will put them out of work. In RealLife many people have been out of a job due to computers and [[https://www.newframe.com/robots-will-put-people-out-of-work-and-hope/ robots]] ''especially'' during the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

* HarsherInHindsight: When Dorothy says that the newly invented IBM computer will put them out of work. In RealLife many people have been out of a job due to computers and [[https://www.newframe.com/robots-will-put-people-out-of-work-and-hope/ robots]] especially since the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.

** Creator/JimParsons is [[Typecasting playing a role similar]] to [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Sheldon Cooper]], but in a period drama. For some, this made his character hard to take seriously.

** The line "at NASA, we all pee the same colour" is incredibly awkward and forced, especially since the impact of the gesture was felt by just having the sign for 'Coloured Bathrooms' being torn down.
** Creator/JimParsons is playing a role similar to [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Sheldon Cooper]], but in a period drama. For some, this made his character hard to take seriously.

* AwardSnub: Despite the critical praise the movie received, Creator/OctaviaSpencer was the only cast member to receive an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination. Taraji P Henson was completely overlooked, as was Janelle Monae. The film was also nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, but went home empty-handed.

* MinorityShowGhetto: Averted. The movie opened #1 at the box office (narrowly topping ''Film/RogueOne'' on its fourth weekend) and held the position the following week as well, beating out Creator/MartinScorsese's ''Film/{{Silence}}'' and Creator/BenAffleck's ''Film/LiveByNight'', among others.

* NarmCharm: Jim's proposal to Katherine. The sentimental nature of it veers very close to TastesLikeDiabetes but it still manages to be quite sweet.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Many felt the scene where Katherine ran across the building to use the segregated bathroom would have been better if she had simply used the whites only bathroom without permission, as the real Katherine did.

* UnfortunateImplications: In the movie, Al Harrison demands that NASA's restrooms be made race-neutral after learning that Katherine Johnson had to travel all the way across campus to use the black women's restroom. In reality, Johnson just started using the white women's restroom without permission. The film [[https://news.vice.com/story/oscar-nominated-hidden-figures-was-whitewashed-but-it-didnt-have-to-be has been criticized]] for taking a black woman's act of defiance and giving it to a "[[WhiteMansBurden white savior.]]"

* AwardSnub: Despite the critical praise the movie received, Octavia Spencer was the only cast member to receive an Oscar nomination. Taraji P Henson was completely overlooked, as was Janelle Monae. The film was also nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, but went home empty-handed.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The movie is somewhat heavy-handed with its anti-racist and anti-sexist themes, but they're the themes that drive the plot and are still incredibly relevant to this day.

* UnfortunateImplications: In the movie, Al Harrison demands that NASA's restrooms be made race-neutral after learning that Katherine Johnson had to travel all the way across campus to use the black women's restroom. In reality, Johnson just started using the white women's restroom without permission. [[https://news.vice.com/story/oscar-nominated-hidden-figures-was-whitewashed-but-it-didnt-have-to-be The film has been criticized for taking a black woman's act of defiance and giving it to a "white savior."]]

* InternetBackdraft: There was one in regards to there being no demand that NASA's restrooms allow non-white people to use it, and the addition of the scene came off as a poor attempt at bringing MightyWhitey into it. It only got worse when the director attempted to defend the scene with "There needs to be white people who do the right thing," even though it didn't actually happen in real life.

** Creator/JimParsons is playing a role similar to [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Sheldon Cooper]], but in a period drama. For some, this made the character hard to take seriously.