The Help
Change begins with a whisper.
2011 • 146 min • Drama
Synopsis
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.
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YouTubeTop billed cast
Director: Tate Taylor • Crew: Tate Taylor
Trailers & clips
Celia Cooks a "Thank You" Dinner for Minny
Minny Makes a Pie
A Social Awakening
The Help -- Accolades
Shinolator
"Put Mama in a Chair"
"You Should Read the Book"
Skeeter's Interview
Critic reviews
rottenSound, music, acting, sets, and camera are good in this movie but I do have concerns what the story is saying about african americans.…
freshI hadn’t quite realised the extent to which racial segregation laws permeated into every day life, especially when a black person couldn't cut a white child’s hair or write anything remotely disparaging about their white brethren. “Skeeter” (Emma Stone) returns from college and decides there might be a way around this.…
freshTop criticsGreat watch, probably won't watch again, and can recommend. To be fair, you should watch this prepared for what it is: a racial suffrage movie. That means that it is filled with racism and unfair strife, and stupid jerks of the elite class that are under the impression that they can still buy and sell people because they do.…
freshTop criticsI just watched The Help, almost immediately after finishing the book. Now, when comparing The Film to The Book it was based on (generally speaking), one major rule of thumb almost always applies: The Book is better. The Help is no exception. Accordingly, with the novel still so fresh in the back of my mind, separating my mind from the book in order to enjoy the film was an almost impossible task.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 8.2/10 (9,166)
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $25,000,000
- Box office
- $216,600,000
- IMDb
- tt1454029
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