There is obviously a reason why this movie came in fourth at the box office this weekend. Based on the 2009 novel by Kathryn Stockett and directed by Tate Taylor, this story is about African- American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960s. This well put together cast includes Allison Janney, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer and Bryce Dallas Howard, just to name a few. The plot revolves around a young woman named Eugenia ‘Skeeter’ Phelan (Emma Stone) who has just graduated from college and begins to write a tell-all book about the wealthy families of Jackson, Mississippi. In doing so, she interviews Aibileen Clark, (Viola Davis) a middle-aged woman who has been working as a maid since she was fourteen, raised seventeen white children and been more a mother figure to Elizabeth Leefolt’s (Ahna O'Reilly) children than just a maid. Skeeter also interviews Minny Jackson (Octavia Spencer) another maid in the house of Hilly Holbrook (Bryce Dallas Howard) a bratty, rich and spoiled racist woman. These women work perfectly together on screen while telling their stories. They touch your heart, cause a few tears and a lot of laughs. With every word they say, the viewers learn more and more about their sometimes heartbreaking stories. This is so much more than just another movie describing the sixties. It makes you feel like you’re there living it with them. Even though the movie lasted two hours and seventeen minutes, viewers remained entertained throughout the entire movie. 
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
The Help - Movie Review
There is obviously a reason why this movie came in fourth at the box office this weekend. Based on the 2009 novel by Kathryn Stockett and directed by Tate Taylor, this story is about African- American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960s. This well put together cast includes Allison Janney, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer and Bryce Dallas Howard, just to name a few. The plot revolves around a young woman named Eugenia ‘Skeeter’ Phelan (Emma Stone) who has just graduated from college and begins to write a tell-all book about the wealthy families of Jackson, Mississippi. In doing so, she interviews Aibileen Clark, (Viola Davis) a middle-aged woman who has been working as a maid since she was fourteen, raised seventeen white children and been more a mother figure to Elizabeth Leefolt’s (Ahna O'Reilly) children than just a maid. Skeeter also interviews Minny Jackson (Octavia Spencer) another maid in the house of Hilly Holbrook (Bryce Dallas Howard) a bratty, rich and spoiled racist woman. These women work perfectly together on screen while telling their stories. They touch your heart, cause a few tears and a lot of laughs. With every word they say, the viewers learn more and more about their sometimes heartbreaking stories. This is so much more than just another movie describing the sixties. It makes you feel like you’re there living it with them. Even though the movie lasted two hours and seventeen minutes, viewers remained entertained throughout the entire movie. 
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