The Help (2011)
- Directors:
- Tate Taylor
- Screenwriters:
- Tate Taylor, Kathryn Stockett
- Producers:
- Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Brunson Green
- Cast:
- Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain, Mike Vogel, Allison Janney, Sissy Spacek, Eleanor Henry, Chris Lowell, Emma Henry, Ahna O'Reilly, Anna Camp, Cicely Tyson, Aunjanue Ellis, ... Show all
Movie plot
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.
What is the movie The Help about?
The Help is a movie about Bourgeoisie – Middle Class, Racism against Black People, Generational Conflicts, Literature, Sexism, Feminism and Female Emancipation.
Cybbolo52 • 9 September 2016, 17:09
Circa "The Help": è un film denso, commovente a tratti, forse talvolta troppo compiaciuto nel manicheizzare. E' una pellicola al femminile con uomini pressocchè inesistenti e con profili di donne molto marcati nel bene e nel male. Qualche piccola sbrasata di troppo, a mio avviso, circa sopracciglia inarcate e occhi a palla in dolore e meraviglia, ma forse è tipico dell'americanità e quindi poco assimilabile da un cinico europeo come me.
Ottimo film, comunque, leggero come un quintale di piume che cade da un grattacielo con la violenza di un quintale di mattoni a sferzare coscienze pur nell'intrattenimento gentile.