Change begins with a whisper.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Ahna O'Reilly, Allison Janney |
Director |
Tate Taylor |
Screenplay | Tate Taylor, from the novel y Kathryn Stockett |
Music | Thomas Newman |
Cinematography | Stephen Goldblatt |
Editing | Hughes Winborne |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2011 |
Produced by | Dreamworks SKG, Reliance Entertainment, Participant Media, Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ, 1492 Pictures, Harbinger Pictures |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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Genre | Drama |
Language | Some |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Some, brief, not frequent, moderate |
Prejudice | Part of (historic) plot |
Blasphemy | Infrequent, mildish, profanities |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | None |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Helen Herimbi Top-notch cast helps weak film | 10 | |
Die Burger Jeanne Calitz Swart en wit gesien deur pastel-palet | 10 | |
Cape Times Kirk Honeycutt 'The Help' needs a little help | 10 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert The Help is a safe film about a volatile subject. | 15 | |
eye Weekly Sara Maria Vizcarrondo A chick flick for do-gooders, The Help suffers from a malady common to the discrimination drama: its treatment of inequality is more condescending than the prejudice it aims to remedy. | 5 | |
Rolling Stone Peter Travers A deeply touching human story filled with humor and heartbreak is rare in any movie season, especially summer. That's what makes The Help an exhilarating gift. | 18 | |
ScreenIt T. Durgin In an age of 3-D eye abuse and increasingly base and smutty comedies, here is a film that celebrates the human spirit and delivers a true cinematic experience. It will indeed go down as one of the best movies of 2011 and one of the rare times you'll see a perfect 10 out of 10 score from Yours Truly. | 20 | |
Metacritic.com 39 critics | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 167 critics | 14 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Though arguably guilty of glossing over its racial themes, The Help rises on the strength of its cast -- particularly Viola Davis, whose performance is powerful enough to carry the film on its own. | 15 | |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics | 14 | |
Movie Review Intelligence 48 critics | 14 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 10881 Netizens A beautiful film--and realistic | 16 | |
Average .. 67% | 13 |