The Help
Change begins with a whisper.
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.
- Director
- Tate Taylor
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $217M
Who's in it
Cast
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31 billed performers
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How The Help actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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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.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Help appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Movies of the 2010s Ranked #20
Placed at #20 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #87
Placed at #87 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Help returned 8.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $25M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $217M
- Release date
- Aug 9, 2011
- Runtime
- 2h 26m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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