The Help
- Release Date
- August 9, 2011
- Director
- Tate Taylor
- Cast
- Emma Stone , Bryce Dallas Howard , Mike Vogel , Allison Janney , Sissy Spacek , Jessica Chastain
- Runtime
- 137
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Studio
- DreamWorks Pictures
- Writers
- Kathryn Stockett , Tate Taylor
- Tagline
- Change begins with a whisper.
Summary
Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, “The Help” stars Emma Stone (star of the breakout hit, “Zombieland”) as Skeeter, a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends’ lives—and a small Mississippi town—upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Academy Award® nominee Viola Davis (“Eat Pray Love”) stars as Aibileen, Skeeter’s best friend’s housekeeper, who is the first to open up—to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter’s life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories—and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly—and unwillingly—caught up in the changing times.
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