The Help

2011 "Change begins with a whisper."

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The Help

8.1 | 2h26m | PG-13 | en | Drama

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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8.1 | 2h26m | PG-13 | en | Drama | More Info

Released: August. 10,2011 | Released Producted By: DreamWorks Pictures , 1492 Pictures Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Emma Stone , Viola Davis , Octavia Spencer

Director

Curt Beech

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DreamWorks Pictures , 1492 Pictures

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Emma Stone

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michelleeruberg Positives: Some convincing acting Some beautiful scenery and wardrobe Some positive messages / uplifting Gets the viewer thinking about an important topic - I'm only in my twenties and didn't know that black women played such a large role in raising white children - has led me to talk to older individuals about what they knew about this happeningNegatives: Some parts weren't integrated enough / so many characters and story lines - I felt like the part with Stuart wasn't carried out well and it should have been worked into the movie differently - because he hadn't been on the screen or mentioned in so long, the breakup scene seemed unbelievable to me Not sure how well it represents history - the main black women in the movie were made to look really large and not pretty at points like when they were shown in the grocery store

piper-41196 Finally watched ! Have heard so much about this movie. Excellent movie .... watch you will not regret!

iamookay It was a very good movie that depicted the lives of black maids back during the time of Martin Luther king Jr. It shows their rough lives and how a woman plans on publishing a book about their lives and experiences. The black people were treated very inhumanly in those days, sometimes seen as property. This movie did a great job at showing all of this happening. The acting was great, the history was accurate, and you felt part of their story. The ending was happy and sad, but you enjoyed it the whole time. It had many very funny scenes too!!! Many that you will be repeating for days!!!!

catnap222 My mother's family, with the exception of my grandfather, and I almost everyone I ever met is perfectly portrayed in their bigotry and hatred of people of color. My father, being from a Slavic country and having emigrated here after WWII, was an exception as well. Perhaps having been mocked for his accent and being old when I was born he knew how hurtful it is to treat another human being as a second class citizen for being different, even though he was white and Catholic. I was harassed for the religion I was brought up in, rather than being some form of a Protestant. Southern hospitality is a farce because as soon as you walk away from someone who is landed gentry or if they feel you're different and lesser than them in some other way, they are laughing at you and saying the meanest things they can think up. I won't live in this awful place much longer, where they pay less, hate women and the KKK and Rebel Flags still are displayed with pride. The most hateful are the women and the most violent are the men. Of course there are exceptions, but the culture of racism and sexism are still alive 50+ years since the Civil Rights Act was passed. I work in healthcare, and there are even Indian doctors who still believe in the caste system, that the disabled and mentally ill are somehow less entitled to the basic quality of service than "normal" people. But that seems to be an American standard across the country these days, especially since the most recent president was elected. There's no changing this country in my lifetime, so it's off to Europe for me.Congratulations to this cast and crew for presenting a truly realistic story of what the South was and still is like.