The Help

2011

PG-13

2h 26m

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8.2/10

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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.

Directors

Tate Taylor

Writers

Tate Taylor(screenplay by)

Kathryn Stockett(novel by)

Stars

Emma Stone

Viola Davis

Bryce Dallas Howard

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Skeeter Phelan

Aibileen Clark

Hilly Holbrook

Minny Jackson

Celia Foote

Elizabeth Leefolt

Charlotte Phelan

Jolene French

Mae Mobley

Mae Mobley

Stuart Whitworth

Constantine Jefferson

Johnny Foote

Missus Walters

Robert Phelan

Carlton Phelan

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Yule Mae Davis

Ted Welch

William Holbrook

Directors

Tate Taylor

Writers

Tate Taylor(screenplay by)

Kathryn Stockett(novel by)

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8/10

Great 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. This is a fantastic movie, but it is a heavy, serious story, and the humor in it barely makes it more palatable in that regard. The cast is filled with great actresses who give excellent performances, the script is well written, and the production value is great. It isn't going to provide a level of escapism from worldly problems, but I don't have to like a movie to recognize its greatness.

Kamurai03 Oct, 2020