The Help

Change begins with a whisper.

Set in the early 1960s, a time of racial upheaval in the USA, a young woman returns home from college, determined to become a writer. She decides to write some articles about the maids employed by her family and friends, and in the process stirs things up a bit in her conservative, racially-obsessed South. Things come to a head when the articles are turned into a book and published, with the author listed as ''Anonymous.'' The film has found favour amongst female audiences and generally had good reviews.

146 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 10 (Prejudice).
Drama, Period piece, Female interest.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

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

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

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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Ratings

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