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The Help 2011

Directed by Tate Taylor · 146 mins · 1,704 views

4.2 Letterboxd 3.96(769,396)
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Synopsis

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.

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Reviews (52)

  1. J
    jasmine 🍂 8 月 22, 2026

    you 👏🏻 is 👏🏻 kind 😩 you 👏🏻 is 👏🏻 smart 😫 you 👏🏻 is 👏🏻 important 😭

    3,490 1
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    Darren Carver-Balsiger 8 月 22, 2026

    I’ve no time for sanitised bullshit like this, especially if it’s going to take up 2.5 hours of my life. The Help is such an obvious white saviour narrative, and it’s one of those usual centrist awards bait films, liberal enough to highlight inequality but conservative in that it pretends racism and exploitation ended in the 1960s. At least Green Book was an amusing film and openly about friendship more than any other serious issue. The Help actively tries to put front and centre its message that racism is bad, but features two (2!) scenes where white women are peer-pressured into firing a black servant and we’re meant to sympathise with them because they feel bad about it. There’s also…

    2,282 94
  3. S
    shannon 8 月 22, 2026

    this cast is a gift from god and I have never been more thankful

    3,148
  4. R
    roberta 8 月 22, 2026

    THE EAT MY SHIT SCENE IS THE MOST ICONIC THING I’VE EVER SEEN

    6,839 3
  5. A
    Annija 8 月 22, 2026

    that damn town does not deserve the ray of sunshine that is celia foote

    2,877
  6. S
    Sara Clements 8 月 22, 2026

    celia foote is the love of my life and every raggedy ass that did her wrong can eat my shit !!!

    5,920 1
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    🍊 8 月 22, 2026

    me: i hate myself viola davis: you is smart you is kind you is important me: mama i’m done hating myself tell me more 😭😭😭

    7,770 7
  8. A
    angel 8 月 22, 2026

    death to racists

    1,959 3
  9. S
    samantha 8 月 22, 2026

    “the last time i had an almond i stopped liking men” skeeter phelan is a lesbian. facts only

    3,491 3
  10. F
    freya. 8 月 22, 2026

    the performances are very good but holy hell this is such a white saviour film

    2,434 7
  11. V
    vivi 8 月 22, 2026

    this movie really testing me on my ability to tell jessica chastain and bryce dallas howard apart

    11,202 50
  12. S
    sarah 8 月 22, 2026

    can’t lie I watched this in 45 part videos on tiktok

    4,173 18
  13. S
    slayyy032010 8 月 22, 2026

    I LOVE LOVE THIS FILM lalo na si Celia, soafer fav ko mga scenes niya hehe so sweet

  14. M
    mingyks99 8 月 22, 2026

    Eat my shit🥧

  15. L
    lens 8 月 22, 2026

    hilly you freaking little shit. and you ate shitt

  16. G
    Greenka 8 月 22, 2026

    Я рыдал, один из любимых фильмов

    1
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    pinkirbye 8 月 22, 2026

    Me parece una película tan pero tan realista, de esas que todo el mundo tiene q ver donde nos muestran la realidad de millones de mujeres negras en los 60. Es preciosa mires donde lo mires, es autodestructiva.

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    laurenfappiano 8 月 22, 2026

    Celia is too innocent bless her

  19. A
    appleyou.th 8 月 22, 2026

    life was unfair, right?

  20. A
    avasign 8 月 22, 2026

    NOOO MAE MOBLEY. you is kind, you is smart, you is important. movie yg bangun sesuatu di diri gua and idk whatisit. SUCH AN INSPIRATION MOVIE AND I LOVE IT.

  21. S
    Saturn 8 月 22, 2026

    SUCH A GREAT MOVIE!!!!!!!!!

  22. M
    mar1zq 8 月 22, 2026

    Älskar

  23. K
    komorebi____ 8 月 22, 2026

    You broke her heart.

  24. Y
    ysa 8 月 22, 2026

    i finally understand the series of events after having watched 8273832 parts of this in tiktok

  25. J
    Jess L 8 月 22, 2026

    ❤️‍🩹 Brilliant performances.

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    pau 8 月 22, 2026

    I can’t understand why racism exist (and why it still exists)

  27. G
    Geralcorrea6 8 月 22, 2026

    Absolutamente increíble un relato tan crudo de una realidad que sigue tan vigente en una sociedad tan desagradecida.

  28. S
    Sara Good 8 月 22, 2026

    I liked it but I was expecting it to be better, less Hollywood-y.

  29. 3
    321bonzo 8 月 22, 2026

    It’s crazy that I’ve watched this whole movie out of order in 60 second clips on tiktok

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    mefost 8 月 22, 2026

    A veces roza la pornografia emocional, otras veces es increíblemente racista y lo peor es que, en el fondo, es un intento de hacer el mejor mensaje que podían concebir al respecto del racismo en estados unidos. Hay una simplicidad y una ingenuidad en la resolución de conflictos, especialmente con la violencia doméstica e “irse de casa con sus hijos y no volver”. Al final, la co-protagonista termina sin trabajo y no parece que nada vaya a cambiar en realidad.…

  31. M
    mindovertime 8 月 22, 2026

    Hell yeah

  32. P
    Polvinho888 8 月 22, 2026

    MINNY MA REIIINE

  33. N
    nysabayrak 8 月 22, 2026

    Altyazisiz izleme gibi bi hata yaptim

    1
  34. M
    martulopez13 8 月 22, 2026

    creo que no sé quién es jessica chastain y quién es bryce dallas howard

  35. F
    Fell.0z 8 月 22, 2026

    Eu senti tanta raiva daquelas mulheres brancas, arrogantes, que se achavam superiores só por causa da cor. Mas a cena da torta foi muito satisfatória KKKKKK, foi sensacional e, sinceramente, aquela vingança foi justa. Mas essa realidade é muito triste. Deve ser horrível ser humilhado pela cor da sua pele, por simplesmente ser quem você é. É como se você chorasse com a garganta seca, sem poder fazer nada. Eu não sei explicar direito essa sensação, mas é muito revoltante…

    1
  36. S
    Sara Lupo 8 月 22, 2026

    Skeeters and Celia THE GOATS

  37. I
    ila 8 月 22, 2026

    eat my shit

  38. M
    murzynek2012pl 8 月 22, 2026

    Mega fajne. Puszczali mi to na historii w podstawówce. All time classic mama płakała po obejrzeniu

  39. P
    Preshy 8 月 22, 2026

    Eat my shit

  40. A
    alia 8 月 22, 2026

    woah.

  41. M
    Manon🎀 8 月 22, 2026

    🥹

  42. D
    droolingcat_ri 8 月 22, 2026

    I love every detail and narrative in this film, it’s all speak by itself.

  43. J
    Jae 8 月 22, 2026

    Fck white people

  44. S
    sushtgo 8 月 22, 2026

    q triste me pone ver esta película

  45. N
    nolwennfcnr 8 月 22, 2026

    La tarte au caca 🤭

  46. A
    aaliyahjules 8 月 22, 2026

    i love this movie minus me getting pissed here and there over the racist white women except ofc mrs celia she’s a peach love her so much. anyways wonderful movie.

  47. T
    Tabby 8 月 21, 2026

    the pie makes me feel horrible every single time

    2
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    cloudborowski 8 月 21, 2026

    watched this in psychology and it was really good! a really melencholy story about predjudice, racism and the work experience of black maids in the 1960’s! despite it being sad its still really funny at times. i think if you haven’t seen this movie you should watch it. eat. my. shit.

  49. S
    Sam 8 月 21, 2026

    How did she not taste it immediately?

  50. M
    mila;) 8 月 16, 2026

    muy buena película (lloré demasiado), pero concuerdo totalmente en que el personaje de skeeter fue innecesario y demasiado protagónico

  51. Y
    Yelli 12 月 13, 2023

    🔝

  52. J
    joyy 8 月 2, 2023

    it was alright

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My rating

E Emma Stone Skeeter Phelan
V Viola Davis Aibileen Clark
B Bryce Dallas Howard Hilly Holbrook
O Octavia Spencer Minny Jackson
J Jessica Chastain Celia Foote
A Ahna O'Reilly Elizabeth Leefolt
A Allison Janney Charlotte Phelan
A Anna Camp Jolene French
E Eleanor Henry Mae Mobley
E Emma Henry Mae Mobley
C Chris Lowell Stuart Whitworth
C Cicely Tyson Constantine Jefferson
M Mike Vogel Johnny Foote
S Sissy Spacek Missus Walters
B Brian Kerwin Robert Phelan
W Wes Chatham Carlton Phelan
A Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Yule Mae Davis
T Ted Welch William Holbrook
S Shane McRae Raleigh Leefolt
R Roslyn Ruff Pascagoula
Director Tate Taylor
Writer Tate Taylor
Producer Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan, Brunson Green, Sonya Lunsford
Executive Producer Mark Radcliffe, Jennifer Blum, Jeff Skoll, Mohamed Khalaf Al-Mazrouei, John Norris, Tate Taylor, L. Dean Jones Jr., Nate Berkus
Editor Hughes Winborne
Original Music Thomas Newman
Sound Dennis Drummond, Scott Millan, Scott A. Jennings, Willie D. Burton, David Giammarco
Special Effects Robert Cole
Stunts Rocky Capella, Robin Bonaccorsi, Jwaundace Candece, Rex Reddick
Art Direction Curt Beech
Casting Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee
Synopsis
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.
Director
Tate Taylor
Writer
Tate Taylor
Studio
1492 Pictures, Harbinger Pictures
Country
USA
Language
English
Year
2011
Runtime
146 mins

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