Many issues here, and haven't (yet) seen the film. That period was not so much a science-v-religion contest but one of Christianity versus Neoplatonism. The exchanges between Hellenic philosophers and so-called Church Fathers are illuminating, though sadly we have a largely one-sided view of them. If anything, it is a faith v philosophy contest - we know who won, though the huge irony is how much neoplatonist thought survived with a christian flavouring.
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That is where this film went astray. Had it concentrated on those aspects, it would have been a much better film. The Bishop actually defended Hypatia in real life. And she was, as you mention, neoplatonist not atheist. She actually found value in Christianity as much as her other influences.
Interestingly, one of the early church scholars who preserved the churches reverence for her knowledge was socrates scholastica. I have already drafted a post for Easter that quotes him on the whole revisionist "Easter is a pagan holiday" lie that gets spread this time of year.