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The Help
The Help

8.2

The Help

PG-13·2011·146m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Tate Taylor

Novel

Kathryn Stockett

Reviews

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tanty

January 24, 2014

9

Great setting, cast, story and performances. A must to be seen.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$25,000,000.00

Revenue:

$216,600,000.00

Keywords

based on novel or book
mississippi river
exploitation
racial segregation
racism
writer
maid
moral courage
ressentiment
southern belle
racial issues
1960s
newspaper columnist
desperate
cautionary
authoritarian