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Help (The)

Country: USA | India | United Arab Emirates, Language: English, 146 mins

  • Director: Tate Taylor
  • Writer: Tate Taylor; Kathryn Stockett
  • Producer: Mohamed Khalaf Al-Mazrouei; Michael Barnathan

CGiii Comment

Leslie Jordan provides a little camp to the proceedings.
 
Lesbiansism is addressed when boyfriendless daughter is quizzed by her mother.
 
But...a beautifully told story with some standout performances.
 
Not only will you be left with a tear in your eye...but, with the shame of how one human can inhumanely treat another...

A damn fine film.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up -- to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories -- and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly -- and unwillingly -- caught up in the changing times.

Cast & Characters

Emma Stone as Skeeter Phelan;
Viola Davis as Aibileen Clark;
Bryce Dallas Howard as Hilly Holbrook;
Octavia Spencer as Minny Jackson;
Jessica Chastain as Celia Foote;
Ahna O'Reilly as Elizabeth Leefolt;
Allison Janney as Charlotte Phelan;
Anna Camp as Jolene French;
Eleanor Henry as Mae Mobley;
Emma Henry as Mae Mobley;
Sissy Spacek as Missus Walters;
Leslie Jordan as Mr. Blackly