The Help (2011)

Movie"Change begins with a whisper."
Audience Score
82
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PG-13 2 hr 26 minAug 10th, 2011Drama
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.
StarringEmma StoneViola DavisBryce Dallas Howard
DirectorTate Taylor

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:August 10th, 2011
On DVD & Blu-ray:December 6th, 2011 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$25,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$216,600,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Jennifer Blum, Mohamed Khalaf Al-Mazrouei, John Norris, Mark Radcliffe, Tate Taylor, Nate Berkus, L. Dean Jones Jr., Jeff Skoll
Production Companies:DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Participant, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, 1492 Pictures, Harbinger Pictures
Movie Tags:
based on novel or bookracism1960swriterexploitationmaidcautionarymississippi riverdesperateracial segregation