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The Help(2011)

08/09/2011 (US)Drama2h 26m
82%

Movie Score

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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.

Tate Taylor

Director

Production Companies

Movie Cast

Emma Stone photo

Emma Stone

Skeeter Phelan

Viola Davis photo

Viola Davis

Aibileen Clark

Bryce Dallas Howard photo

Bryce Dallas Howard

Hilly Holbrook

Octavia Spencer photo

Octavia Spencer

Minny Jackson

Jessica Chastain photo

Jessica Chastain

Celia Foote

Ahna O'Reilly photo

Ahna O'Reilly

Elizabeth Leefolt

Allison Janney photo

Allison Janney

Charlotte Phelan

Anna Camp photo

Anna Camp

Jolene French

Eleanor Henry photo

Eleanor Henry

Mae Mobley

Emma Henry photo

Emma Henry

Mae Mobley

Christopher Lowell photo

Christopher Lowell

Stuart Whitworth

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

Budget$25,000,000.00

Revenue$216,600,000.00

Production CompanyDreamWorks Pictures

Original LanguageEnglish

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