Release Date: 10 August 2011 (USA) Genre: Drama
Tagline: Change begins with a whisper.
Directed by Tate Taylor
Writers:
Tate Taylor (screenplay), Kathryn Stockett (novel)
Original Music by Thomas Newman
Cinematography by Stephen Goldblatt
Plot:
A look at what happens when a southern town's unspoken code of rules and behavior is shattered by three courageous women who strike up an unlikely friendship.
Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up -- to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories -- and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly -- and unwillingly -- caught up in the changing times. Written by Walt Disney Pictures
Main Casts: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain
Ahna O'Reilly, Anna Camp, Allison Janne | |
Details
Filming Locations: Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA
Production Co:
DreamWorks SKG, Reliance Big Entertainment, Participant Media
Runtime: 137 min
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS
Review
The Help tells an incredible story that had life breathed into it by a remarkable cast!
With a perfect cast bringing this film to life, it is undoubtedly one of the best movies of the year and one of the greatest stories ever told on screen. It really did give a new perspective on the way we view events from our past, all very strongly and realistically adapted from Kathyrn Stockett's novel. The film tackled a very serious issue with respect, telling it how it was, but it was also filled with many hilarious moments to really make it a well-rounded film.
Set in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960s, The Help tells the story of some very courageous women who, in a time when black women were treated with no respect yet were the ones who were always in people's homes raising their children and taking care of the family, form what at the time seemed like a very unlikely friendship when Skeeter (Emma Stone), fresh out of college, decides to write from the point-of-view of the maids; having seen how badly some are treated and how fond she was of her own growing up... the woman was around more than her own mother. The town is turned upside down as they get swept up in the changing times; some people outraged at the voice that is finally being heard, others seeing things from a new perspective for the first time.
I wasn't sure how I felt about the film going into it only knowing the basic premise and having seen the trailer (I still haven't gotten around to reading the book), but it didn't take long to really fall in love with it. It was just a remarkable film... a remarkable story to tell.
The characters were just so well developed and you really felt for them; connected with them. I don't think director Tate Taylor could have gotten a more incredible cast: Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney, Sissy Spacek, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard and Cicely Tyson... all of whom really breathed life into each of the personalities (my favorites being Minny Jackson and Celia Foote).
It is one of those films that I think everyone needs to see. It definitely has great Oscar potential for Best Adapted Screenplay, definitely some Best Performance nods and maybe even a Best Picture... if not any of those (especially performance-wise), the Academy is crazy! It really was a great film, though, one that was funny, touching and just a beautiful story to see unfold
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