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   • 76% 76% Rotten Tomatoes

   Critics consensus Though it fails to fully engage with its racial themes, The Help rises on the strength of its cast -- particularly Viola Davis, whose performance is powerful enough to carry the film on its own. More reviews on Rotten Tomatoes

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   Is 'the help' a good movie?

   • "The Help" is a safe film about a volatile subject. Presenting itself as the story of how African-American maids in the South viewed their employers during Jim Crow days, it is equally the story of how they empowered a young white woman to write a best-seller about them, and how that book transformed the author's mother.

   The Help movie review & film summary (2011) | Roger Ebert

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   Is the help a middlebrow movie?

   • The Help is the highest form of middlebrow. Emma Stone and Viola Davis star in the film adaption of Kathryn Stockett's best-selling novel about a white woman who sets out to tell the story of black domestic servants in 1960s Mississippi. Critic David Edelstein says that both Stone and Davis pull off stunning performances.

   Movie Reviews - 'The Help' - : NPR

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   Is 'the help' based on a true story?

   • There’s a scene in “The Help,” the new movie based on Kathryn Stockett’s novel, that cracks open the early-’60s world of strained smiles and gentility that rarely leaps out of this big, ole slab of honey-glazed hokum. It’s after hours, and Aibileen, a maid played with determined grace by Viola Davis, is going home.

   ‘The Help’ Spans Two Worlds, White and Black - The New York Times

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   Is 'the help' rated PG-13?

   • And while every so often the roar of the outside world steals in like thunder, Mr. Taylor makes sure it doesn’t rattle the china or your soul. “The Help” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). Intimations of violence and some blood. THE HELP Opens on Wednesday nationwide.

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2. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › the-help-2011The Help movie review & film summary (2011) | Roger Ebert

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   Aug 10, 2011 · Rated: 4/5 Mar 29, 2019 Full Review Anna Smith metro.co.uk The Help is a somewhat light-hearted take on the relations between black maids and their bosses in 1960s Mississippi, giving a...

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   • Director: Tate Taylor

   • Content Rating: PG-13
   • Actors: Viola Davis

4. www.nytimes.com › 2011/08/10 › movies‘The Help’ Spans Two Worlds, White and Black - Review - The ...

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   Aug 9, 2011 · PG-13. 2h 26m. By Manohla Dargis. Aug. 9, 2011. There’s a scene in “The Help,” the new movie based on Kathryn Stockett’s novel, that cracks open the early-’60s world of strained smiles and...

   • Director: Tate Taylor
   • Author: Manohla Dargis

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   Aug 7, 2011 · ‘The Help’: Film Review. Actresses Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer dominate Tate Taylor's adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's civil-rights era novel about Southern maids and their testy...

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7. www.commonsensemedia.org › movie-reviews › the-helpThe Help Movie Review | Common Sense Media

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   Parents need to know that The Help is an emotionally intense adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's best-selling civil rights-era novel. It isn't likely to appeal to young kids, but it's a historically relevant drama that mature tweens and teens can see with their parents. The film not only teaches about….

   • 4/5
   • Director: Tate Taylor

   • Author: Sandie Angulo Chen
   • Produce Company: Dreamworks

8. www.npr.org › 2011/08/10 › 139086532Movie Reviews - 'The Help' - : NPR

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   Aug 10, 2011 · Movie Reviews - 'The Help' - Emma Stone and Viola Davis star in the film adaption of Kathryn Stockett's best-selling novel about a white woman who sets out to tell the story of black...

9. www.theguardian.com › the-help-viola-davis-reviewThe Help – review | Drama films | The Guardian

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   Oct 29, 2011 · The Help – review. Philip French. Sat 29 Oct 2011 19.06 EDT. B ased on a bestselling novel, The Help tells the story of Skeeter (Emma Stone), a young Mississippi woman with serious literary...