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Seen on: 02/26/2012

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The Help (2011)

Directed by Tate Taylor

Comedy

Most recently watched by noahphex

Overview

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.

Rated PG-13 | Length 146 minutes

Actors

Allison Janney | Mary Steenburgen | Sissy Spacek | Mike Vogel | Octavia Spencer | Dana Ivey | Cicely Tyson | Bryce Dallas Howard | Viola Davis | Leslie Jordan | Ashley Johnson | David Oyelowo | Brian Kerwin | Wes Chatham | Ritchie Montgomery | Aunjanue Ellis | Emma Stone | LaChanze | Carol Sutton | Nelsan Ellis | Jessica Chastain | Shane McRae | Chris Lowell | Tarra Riggs | Anna Camp | Roslyn Ruff | Ahna O'Reilly | Amy Beckwith | Julie Ann Doan | Tiffany Brouwer | Ted Welch | Lamar Lott | Cleta Elaine Ellington | Charles Orr | Ya'lita Thompson

Viewing Notes

Obvious storyline is obvious. But the cast is beyond stellar. Emma Stone is charming and Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer were phenomenal and I really wanted to strangle Bryce Howard, so props to her. It succeeds despite itself. I didn\\‘t love it but it was a worthy watch.

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