The Help (2011)

08/09/2011 (US) • 2h 26m

Drama

Change begins with a whisper.

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.

Top Billed Cast

Emma Stone

Skeeter Phelan

Viola Davis

Aibileen Clark

Bryce Dallas Howard

Hilly Holbrook

Octavia Spencer

Minny Jackson

Jessica Chastain

Celia Foote

Ahna O'Reilly

Elizabeth Leefolt

Allison Janney

Charlotte Phelan

Anna Camp

Jolene French

Eleanor Henry

Mae Mobley


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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

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