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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, Academy Award®-nominated Viola
Davis (Best Supporting Actress, Doubt, 2008), Octavia Spencer and
Bryce Dallas Howard, The Help is an inspirational, courageous and
empowering story about very different, extraordinary women in the
1960s South who build an unlikely friendship around a secret
writing project — one that breaks society’s rules and puts them
all at risk. Filled with poignancy, humor and hope — and complete
with compelling, never-before-seen bonus features — The Help is a
timeless, universal and triumphant story about the ability to
create change.
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There are male viewers who will enjoy The Help, but Mississippi
native Tate Taylor s his adaptation squarely at the female
readers who made Kathryn Stockett's novel a bestseller. If the
multi-character narrative revolves around race relations in the
Kennedy-era South, the perspective belongs to the women. Veteran
maid Aibileen (Doubt's Viola Davis in an O-worthy
performance) provides the heartfelt narration that brackets the
story. A widow devastated by the death of her son, she takes
pride in the 17 children she has helped to raise, but she's
hardly fulfilled. That changes when Skeeter (Easy A's Emma Stone)
returns home after college. Unlike her peers, Skeeter wants to
work, so she gets a job as a newspaper columnist. But she really
longs to write about Jackson's domestics, so she meets with
Aibileen in secret--after much cajoling and the promise of
anonymity. When Aibileen's smart-mouthed friend Minny (breakout
star Octavia Spencer) breaches her uptight employer's protocol,
Hilly (Bryce Dallas Howard) gives her the boot, and she ends up
in the employ of local outcast Celia (Jessica Chastain, hilarious
and heartbreaking), who can't catch a break due to her dirt-poor
origins. After the murder of Medgar Evers, even more maids, Minny
among them, bring their stories to Skeeter, leading to a book
that scandalizes the town--in a good way. Not since Steel
Magnolias has Hollywood produced a Southern woman's picture more
likely to produce buckets of tears (and almost as many laughs).
--Kathleen C. Fennessy
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