Film

The Help

2011 · 2h 26m · Drama

Change begins with a whisper.

IMDb

8.1

Rotten Tomatoes

75%

Metacritic

62

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.

Emma Stone

Skeeter Phelan

Viola Davis

Aibileen Clark

Bryce Dallas Howard

Hilly Holbrook

Octavia Spencer

Minny Jackson

Jessica Chastain

Celia Foote

Ahna O'Reilly

Elizabeth Leefolt

Allison Janney

Charlotte Phelan

Anna Camp

Jolene French

Eleanor Henry

Mae Mobley

Emma Henry

Mae Mobley

Chris Lowell

Stuart Whitworth

Cicely Tyson

Constantine Jefferson

Mike Vogel

Johnny Foote

Sissy Spacek

Missus Walters

Brian Kerwin

Robert Phelan

Wes Chatham

Carlton Phelan

• Tate TaylorDirector · Screenplay · Executive Producer
• Kathryn StockettNovel
• Chris ColumbusProducer
• Brunson GreenProducer
• Michael BarnathanProducer
• Jennifer BlumExecutive Producer
• Mohamed Khalaf Al-MazroueiExecutive Producer
• John NorrisExecutive Producer
• Mark RadcliffeExecutive Producer
• Nate BerkusExecutive Producer

Official TrailerThe Help -- Accolades

Release date

August 9, 2011

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 26m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$216,600,000

Genres

Drama

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