The Help
About The Help
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…
The Help (2011) is a drama film directed by Tate Taylor. Its themes are cautionary, exploitation, desperate, and maid.
Emma Stone stars as Skeeter Phelan, Viola Davis as Aibileen Clark, Bryce Dallas Howard as Hilly Holbrook, and Octavia Spencer as Minny Jackson. It runs 146 minutes and was released in August 2011.
The screenplay is by Tate Taylor. Produced by 1492 Pictures. The story is adapted from a novel. American members can watch it on fuboTV, FXNow, and YouTube TV.
To Kill a Mockingbird, Nickel Boys, and Black Girl make useful companions to The Help, all filed under dramatic and racism. TMDB voters put it at 8.2 out of 10 across 9,396 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.