The Help (2011)

Change begins with a whisper.

Movie · Drama · 2h 26m · Rated 8.2/10 on TMDB · Released August 9, 2011

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.

Directed by Tate Taylor

Cast

• 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
• Chris Lowell as Stuart Whitworth
• Cicely Tyson as Constantine Jefferson

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