Genius vs Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.5/10 for Genius). Genius is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 2h 7m. Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Genius
Hidden Figures| Genius | Hidden Figures | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 2h 7m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Michael Grandage | Theodore Melfi |
| Main cast | Jude Law, Dominic West, Laura Linney, Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce | Jim Parsons, Aldis Hodge, Taraji P. Henson, Saniyya Sidney, Kevin Costner |
Synopsis
Genius
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.
Hidden Figures
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
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