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  1. Aug 10, 2011 · Based on a best-selling novel, The Help tells the story of a white author who interviews African American maids in 1960s Mississippi. The film stars Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer and Bryce Dallas Howard, and won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

    • Tate Taylor
    • 673
    • 3 min
  2. The Help is a 2011 period drama film written and directed by Tate Taylor and based on Kathryn Stockett 's 2009 novel of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast, including Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney, Cicely Tyson, and Sissy Spacek.

    • $25 million
  3. The Help. In 1960s Mississippi, Southern society girl Skeeter turns her small town on its ear when she interviews the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent white families. 30,781 IMDb 8.1 2 h 26 min 2011. X-Ray PG-13.

    • 146 min
  4. Aug 9, 2011 · A safe film about a volatile subject, based on Kathryn Stockett's best-seller, that tells the stories of three women: a young white woman who writes a book about African-American maids in the South, a maid who helps her, and a maid who inspires her. The film is wonderfully acted by Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Emma Stone, but has a feel-good fable quality that glosses over the pain and injustice of racism.

  5. A movie about a white journalist who interviews African American maids in Mississippi during the civil rights movement. Based on a best-selling novel, the film explores the themes of racism, friendship, and social change through the stories of the maids and their employers.

  6. Aug 10, 2011 · The Help is a 2011 drama film based on a novel about the relationship between white women and their Black maids in 1960s Mississippi. It stars Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and others, and has a 76% Tomatometer and an 89% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes.

    • (235)
    • Drama
    • PG-13
  7. The Help. The #1 New York Times bestseller by Kathryn Stockett comes to vivid life through the powerful performances of a phenomenal ensemble cast. Led by Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Bryce Dallas Howard, The Help is an inspirational, courageous and empowering story about very different, extraordinary women in the 1960s South ...

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