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8.2/10

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The Help

“Change begins with a whisper.”

8.2/10 2011 2h 26m EN
Drama

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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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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10 credited
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 Mae Mobley
Emma Henry Mae Mobley

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