The Help

The Help (2011)

Rated PG-13 146 min - 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.

Directors: Tate Taylor

Cast: Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia L. Spencer, and Jessica Chastain

Release Date: August 9, 2011

121 Movie Reviews
  • doglover2929
    doglover2929about 12 years55 popcorn
    i like the part where Minnie feeds the poop pie to her boss!!!!!!!! lolololol!
    • ilovefashion
      ilovefashionabout 12 years
      awesome movie
      • missswagg15
        missswagg15about 12 years55 popcorn
        LOVE IT!
        • victoria3204
          victoria3204about 12 years55 popcorn
          The Help stars Emma Stone as Skeeter, Viola Davis as Aibileen and Octavia Spencer as Minny-three very different, extraordinary women in Mississippi during the 1960s, who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project that breaks societal rules and puts them all at risk. From their improbable alliance a remarkable sisterhood emerges, instilling all of them with the courage to transcend the lines that define them, and the realization that sometimes those lines are made to be crossed-even if it means bringing everyone in town face-to-face with the changing times.
          • cerulian
            cerulianabout 12 years55 popcorn
            You're absolutely correct! I love the movie. My paradigm is just like yours.
          • kamills
            kamillsabout 12 years
            i love this movie. it was really good!!
            • realgirl
              realgirlover 12 years55 popcorn
              it really inspires me
              • realgirl
                realgirlover 12 years55 popcorn
                love this movie!!! minny is really funny!!!!!!!!
                • emilygc
                  emilygcover 12 years55 popcornFeatured
                  one of my favorite movies, way different from the book the actors are great and i love the part when Minnie makes the pie :p
                • carma21
                  carma21over 12 years
                  nice movie little sad but now i realize why they do it and set it like that but still its a good movie
                  • goldilox27
                    goldilox27over 12 years55 popcorn
                    Really interesting and some bits sad.