The Help

2011

146 min

8.2

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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.

Budget

$25,000,000

Genre

Drama

Director

Tate Taylor

Country

India

Cast & Crew

Emma Stone

Viola Davis

Bryce Dallas Howard

Octavia Spencer

Jessica Chastain

Ahna O'Reilly

Allison Janney

Anna Camp

Eleanor Henry

Emma Henry

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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 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.

  • Emma Stone

  • Viola Davis

  • Bryce Dallas Howard

  • Octavia Spencer

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