The Help 2011

8.5/10

Directors:

Tate Taylor

Creators:

Kathryn Stockett

Languages:

European Spanish , English , Spanish , English - Audio Description , Brazilian Portuguese , English [Original]

Subtitles:

European Spanish , Spanish , English , Brazilian Portuguese , Dutch , Simplified Chinese , Malay , Traditional Chinese , Thai , Korean

Genres:

Drama

Release Date:

2011

Run Time:

2h27m

Maturity Rating:

thematic material

Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, 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.