The Help(2011)

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Synopsis

At the dawn of the civil rights movement, three Mississippi women are about to take one extraordinary step. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss and her mother won't be happy till she finds a husband. Aibileen, a wise African-American maid and caretaker suffers after the loss of her own child. And Minny, Aibileen's sassy best friend, struggles to find and hold a job. Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk.
At the dawn of the civil rights movement, three Mississippi women are about to take one extraordinary step. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss and her mother won't be happy till she finds …
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In Theaters

  • August 10, 2011

MPAA Rating

PG-13 (for thematic material)

Genres

Drama, Adaptation

Run Time

2 hours 17 minutes

Distributors

DreamWorks Studios

Directors

Tate Taylor

Director

CAST

Emma Stone

Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan

Viola Davis

Aibileen Clark

Bryce Dallas Howard

Hilly Holbrook

Octavia Spencer

Minny Jackson

Jessica Chastain

Celia Foote

Ahna O'Reilly

Elizabeth Leefolt
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