The Help (2011)

About This Movie

The Help is a 2011 drama film directed by Tate Taylor. Its leading cast includes Emma Stone, Viola Davis and Bryce Dallas Howard. It runs for 2 hours 26 minutes.

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis from TMDB.

Official Trailer

Official Trailer · plays from YouTube

• The Help -- Accolades (opens YouTube)

Cast

• 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
• E 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
• Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Yule Mae Davis
• Ted Welch William Holbrook