The Help | reviewed by: Joe Whip | November 23, 2011
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The Help is a moving, beautifully written and acted film about the lives of maids in the deep south and is very highly recommended. Superb!
| genre | Drama |
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| synopsis | Aibileen Clark (Viola Davis) is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson (Octavia Spencer) 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 |
| lead actors | Emma Stone | Bryce Dallas Howard | Mike Vogel | Sissy Spacek | Viola Davis | Octavia Spencer | Cicely Tyson | Aunjanue Ellis | Jessica Chastain |
| director | Tate Taylor |