Based on the New York Times bestselling novel, starring Emma Stone (Zombieland, Superbad) as a young woman who creates a stir...
Based on the New York Times bestselling novel, starring Emma Stone (Zombieland, Superbad) as a young woman who creates a stir in 1960s Mississippi by writing a book that interviews the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent, white southern families.
Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer. Uncomfortable with attitudes toward "the help" - especially with Hilly Holbrooks (Bryce Dallas Howard, Spider-Man 3) and her 'Sanitation Initiative' which proposes a bill to provide separate bathrooms for black maids - Skeeter decides to write a book about the black women who have spent their lives raising white children. Afraid of losing their jobs (or worse), the maids are reluctant to talk. But the floodgates open when Aibileen (Viola Davis, Doubt) opens up, and when the powerful Civil Rights movement spreads to Mississippi.
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76 %233 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
89 %108,381 reviewsAudience score rating
15+Age suitabilityChildren & Media rating
"The film emphasizes hankie-tugging sisterhood over pricklier issues that continue to divide the races today."
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Variety
Variety"The tone lashes excruciatingly between lip-quivering solemnity and crowd-pleasing sass."
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Time Out
Time Out"Taylor's adaptation is a finely crafted distillation of the book; even at two and a half hours it never lags."
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Time Magazine
Time Magazine"If the movie’s director, Tate Taylor, had his way, your tear ducts would be sucked dry by that big finish..."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"There is humour, drop dead gorgeous costuming, and plenty of great acting to recommend The Help."
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Sunday Star-Times
Sunday Star-Times"Short on style and flashy technique, The Help on film compensates with genuine emotional force."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"This is a good film, involving and wonderfully acted."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"The movie exists within an emotionally charged landscape sometimes too starkly black and white — there is no room for ambiguity at this table."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"This self-conscious and self-congratulatory portrait of the Jim Crow South does at least contain two magnificent, award-worthy performances."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Shot like an inductee in the Hallmark Hall Of Fame, The Help covers an ugly era in superficial gloss..."
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A.V. Club
A.V. ClubThe Help | Details
Award winner- Winner of Best Supporting Actress (Spencer) at the 2012 Academy Awards, BAFTAs and Golden Globes 2012.
- Rating
- M, Mature themes
- Runtime
- 146
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
