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8.2/10 • 8.3K

2011-08-092h 26m

Drama

Change begins with a whisper.

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.

Directors
Tate Taylor
Editors
Hughes Winborne

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Emma Stone

    Emma Stone

    Skeeter Phelan

  2. Viola Davis

    Viola Davis

    Aibileen Clark

  3. Bryce Dallas Howard

    Bryce Dallas Howard

    Hilly Holbrook

  4. Octavia Spencer

    Octavia Spencer

    Minny Jackson

  5. Jessica Chastain

    Jessica Chastain

    Celia Foote

  6. Ahna O'Reilly

    Ahna O'Reilly

    Elizabeth Leefolt

  7. Allison Janney

    Allison Janney

    Charlotte Phelan

  8. Anna Camp

    Anna Camp

    Jolene French

  9. Eleanor Henry

    Eleanor Henry

    Mae Mobley

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Andres Gomez

Jan 24, 2014

9/10

Great setting, cast, story and performances. A must to be seen.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$25,000,000.00
Revenue
$216,600,000.00
Keywords
based on novel or bookmississippi riverexploitationracial segregationracismwritermaidmoral courageressentimentsouthern belleracial issues1960snewspaper columnistdesperatecautionaryauthoritarian