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  1. Aug 9, 2011 · 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.

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  3. Aug 7, 2011 · Through cruel words and haughty gestures privileged white women communicate disdain for their black help while the maids seethe at the casual insults delivered almost daily.

  4. Aug 10, 2011 · 76% Tomatometer 235 Reviews 89% Audience Score 100,000+ Ratings In 1960s Mississippi, Southern society girl Skeeter (Emma Stone) returns from college with dreams of being a writer. She turns her...

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    • Tate Taylor
    • PG-13
    • Viola Davis
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  5. Aug 9, 2011 · “The Help,” Tate Taylor’s movie set in civil-rights-era Mississippi, shifts between black maids and their employers.

    • Tate Taylor
    • Manohla Dargis
    • 146 min
  6. This is an incredible film that not only pays justice to the bestseller on which it's based (according to those who have read the book AND seen the film), but is phenomenally cast, with exceptional performances by Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard and Allison Janney.

  7. The Help works beautifully as an entertaining film about a troubling period in American history and the people who were impacted by it. Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 10, 2020....

  8. Poignant, thought-provoking civil rights tale. Read Common Sense Media's The Help review, age rating, and parents guide.

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