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The Help

2011

Tate Taylor

Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sissy Spacek ...

7.5

51,383

Drama Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Emma Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a small Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Viola Davis), Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up -- to the dismay of ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Fans of the best-selling novel can rest easy: The warmly engaging book has been made into an equally affecting movie (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"A feel-good fable (...) Viola Davis is a force of nature and Octavia Spencer has a wonderfully expressive face and flawless comic timing (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The Help is an exhilarating gift, a deeply touching human story filled with humor and heartbreak, and sublime performances from Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone and Co (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"The movie isn't perfect; it sometimes shows its stitching. But mostly it's a stirring salute to subjugated women who hold their heads high"	POS
United States	Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News	"Despite his unsubtle script, Davis and Spencer are experienced and assured enough to give their characters considerable depth (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"	NEG
Spain	FilmAffinity	It became the biggest success from a USA indie movie in 2011. Box office: gross 138 million dollars.	POS

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