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The Help

United States, India, United Arab Emirates

2011

137 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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EXEC Mohamed Khalaf Al-Mazrouei, Nate Berkus, Jennifer Blum, L. Dean Jones Jr., John Norris, Mark Radcliffe, Jeff Skoll, Tate Taylor

PROD Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Brunson Green

SCR Tate Taylor, Kathryn Stockett

CAST Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain, Mike Vogel, Allison Janney, Sissy Spacek, Chris Lowell, Cicely Tyson, Aunjanue Ellis, Anna Camp, Ahna O'Reilly, Leslie Jordan

Jackson, Mississippi, 1962: aspiring writer Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan (Emma Stone) returns home after college, where unexpected friendships with African-American maids Aibeleen Clark (Viola Davis) and Minny Jackson (Octavia Spencer) result in a book that gives a previously unheard voice to a community’s suffering. –IMDb

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Rock and Bull

26May12

2 stars because she fed that girl her shit. That was funny.

James Werick

14May12

vile trash

Paulitics

29Apr12

Eat My Shit

Naty Muffins and 0023am like this

Daniela

1Apr12

2011 and African Americans still playing mammies in Hollywood . . .

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"The Artist" Wins Big at the Oscars

By David Hudson on February 27, 2012

The full list of nominees and winners of this year’s Academy Awards.

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84th Academy Awards. Nominations

By David Hudson on January 24, 2012

Hugo and The Artist lead, but there are also a few surprises here.

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BAFTA Nominees and Winners 2012

By David Hudson on January 17, 2012

The Artist leads. Conspicuous in their total absence: Melancholia and The Tree of Life.

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Golden Globe Nominations and Awards

By David Hudson on December 15, 2011

The Artist leads with six; The Help and The Descendants each score five.

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Daily Briefing. JLG, Benning/Cassavetes, Jia + Zhao

By David Hudson on September 13, 2011

Godard talks about his next film, Benning mentions one he slipped in between Ruhr and Twenty Cigarettes — and more.

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Tate Taylor's "The Help"

By David Hudson on August 11, 2011

A slick adaptation prompts critics to set it next to past cinematic depictions of the civil rights movement.

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THE HELP Review

By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011

It’s not horribly offensive, like the whitewashing Mississippi Burning, but The Help has its own peculiar issues. Set in 1963 Mississippi, The Help quietly tiptoes around the more incendiary aspects of

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