The Help

The Help

2011
2h 26m
8.2

8.2/10

9,417 votes • View on IMDb
Drama

"Change begins with a whisper."

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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $25,000,000

Revenue: $216,600,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
1492 Pictures Harbinger Pictures DreamWorks Pictures Reliance Entertainment Participant Image Nation Studios
Production Countries
United States of America India United Arab Emirates
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

based on novel or book mississippi river exploitation racial segregation racism writer maid moral courage ressentiment southern belle racial issues 1960s newspaper columnist desperate cautionary dramatic

Quick Facts

Release Date August 9, 2011
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt1454029

Cast

Emma Stone
Emma Stone

Skeeter Phelan

Viola Davis
Viola Davis

Aibileen Clark

Bryce Dallas Howard
Bryce Dallas Howard

Hilly Holbrook

Octavia Spencer
Octavia Spencer

Minny Jackson

Jessica Chastain
Jessica Chastain

Celia Foote

Ahna O'Reilly
Ahna O'Reilly

Elizabeth Leefolt

Allison Janney
Allison Janney

Charlotte Phelan

Anna Camp
Anna Camp

Jolene French

Eleanor Henry
Eleanor Henry

Mae Mobley

Emma Henry
Emma Henry

Mae Mobley

Chris Lowell
Chris Lowell

Stuart Whitworth

Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson

Constantine Jefferson

Key Crew

Chris Columbus
Producer
Tate Taylor
Director
Michael Barnathan
Producer
Brunson Green
Producer
Tate Taylor
Screenplay
Mark Radcliffe
Executive Producer
Jennifer Blum
Executive Producer
Jeff Skoll
Executive Producer
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