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The Help (2011)

Emma Stone , Octavia Spencer , Tate Taylor  |  PG-13 |  DVD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,136 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard
  • Directors: Tate Taylor
  • Format: Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Studio: Walt Disney Studios
  • DVD Release Date: December 6, 2011
  • Run Time: 146 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,136 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B004A8ZWVK
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #547 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "The Help" on IMDb

Special Features

Two deleted scenes with introductions by Tate Taylor
Mary J. Blige “The Living Proof” music video

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There are male viewers who will enjoy The Help, but Mississippi native Tate Taylor aims his adaptation squarely at the female readers who made Kathryn Stockett's novel a bestseller. If the multi-character narrative revolves around race relations in the Kennedy-era South, the perspective belongs to the women. Veteran maid Aibileen (Doubt's Viola Davis in an Oscar-worthy performance) provides the heartfelt narration that brackets the story. A widow devastated by the death of her son, she takes pride in the 17 children she has helped to raise, but she's hardly fulfilled. That changes when Skeeter (Easy A's Emma Stone) returns home after college. Unlike her peers, Skeeter wants to work, so she gets a job as a newspaper columnist. But she really longs to write about Jackson's domestics, so she meets with Aibileen in secret--after much cajoling and the promise of anonymity. When Aibileen's smart-mouthed friend Minny (breakout star Octavia Spencer) breaches her uptight employer's protocol, Hilly (Bryce Dallas Howard) gives her the boot, and she ends up in the employ of local outcast Celia (Jessica Chastain, hilarious and heartbreaking), who can't catch a break due to her dirt-poor origins. After the murder of Medgar Evers, even more maids, Minny among them, bring their stories to Skeeter, leading to a book that scandalizes the town--in a good way. Not since Steel Magnolias has Hollywood produced a Southern woman's picture more likely to produce buckets of tears (and almost as many laughs). --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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The #1 New York Times bestseller by Kathryn Stockett comes to vivid life through the powerful performances of a phenomenal ensemble cast. Led by Emma Stone, Academy Award®-nominated Viola Davis (Best Supporting Actress, Doubt, 2008), Octavia Spencer and Bryce Dallas Howard, The Help is an inspirational, courageous and empowering story about very different, extraordinary women in the 1960s South who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project — one that breaks society’s rules and puts them all at risk. Filled with poignancy, humor and hope — and complete with compelling, never-before-seen bonus features — The Help is a timeless, universal and triumphant story about the ability to create change.

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265 of 290 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Help: The best novel adaptation in a loooong time. August 11, 2011
Format:Blu-ray
"Oscar season", as it's typically referred to, is a period of time, usually beginning in late November, and ending in late January. This year, it starts early, with "The Help".

"The Help" is based on the well-known novel by Kathryn Stockett, someone who I had never heard of before discovering this film and book. For the most part, when I hear about a film that I want to see, I try to read the book prior to viewing the movie, to enhance the whole experience. Usually I get bored, or stop mid-way through one of these said books, before I end up watching the movie.

But "The Help" grabbed me. Stockett kept me on a leash, dying to know what happened next, and I ended up finishing its 530 pages in a few sittings. And, I'm glad it did, because "The Help" is not only the best movie I've seen this summer, but it very well could be the best one I see all year.

The film centers on Aibileen, Skeeter and Minny (Davis, Stone and Spencer, respectively) three very different women in Mississippi, in the year 1962. Skeeter is returning from college with a journalism degree, whose beloved childhood black maid Constantine has disappeared, and no one will tell her where she has gone. Aibileen is a maid who has raised 17 white children in her life. The word "maid" is pretty blandly used. She's a nanny to these children, if not a surrogate mother. Her outspoken friend Minny has never been able to keep quiet, or, because of this, hold onto a job very long, and she is hired on the sly by Celia (Chastain), a white-trash rich girl who has some grave secrets of her own.
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98 of 111 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Not the movie you think it is August 13, 2011
Format:DVD
"The Help" works as well as it does because it doesn't offer easy answers. This lovely and sometimes extraordinary film is not concerned with big sermons about clivil rights, religion or easy to swallow messages. The film is simply about behavior; how we should act, morally, towards other people, no matter who they might be. This thematic line is structured nicely throughout the film by zeroing in on a select group of people. This was a smart move since the backdrop of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s is just too large a subject to truly flesh out in a 2 hour film. Because the film is about actual characters instead of predisposed, prepackaged lessons, the audience can take with them what they choose from the story (none of the characters have a major epiphany, each just starts to become aware of their behavior and effects, both good and bad- they all have so much more life to live). Surprisingly the film rarely gets melodramatic, and when it does it almost seems cheep and easy. Thankfully the films few flaws (structure, pacing, some silly dialogue here and there- "You broke her heart...!") can be overlooked due to the tremendous performances. Each actress is exceptional in their own ways with the wonderful Viola Davis stealing the film. Emma Stone is reliable here as always and proves that she can be funny and carry dramatic weight in the same film. I have always considered Bryce Dallas Howard to be a very accomplished actress and hopefully her scathing, pointed work will be recognized. Octavia Spencer and Jessica Chastain find a tender chemistry all their own. I have to say that "The Help" really, truly surprised me.... Read more ›
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140 of 163 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Now we see this film wins award nominations aplenty. Biggest winner was the public. Leads of Davis and Spencer that stole the spotlight. DVD to own, not rent.
The only drawback with the DVD is the sparse bonus material. 4 min. of 2 deleted, and a 5 min. music video of one of the film's songs. Pathetically weak bonus, but then it is a 5.5 star film. Everyone asks to borrow our copy, I should have bought 2.
Oh yes, there are SUBTITLES.

We attended the opening matinee; we'll view it again, that good. Is `The Help' the soul of 60s era race relations? This worthy film based on Kathryn Stockett's #1 best-seller is equally a first-class view as true for the read. The story of 3 daring Mississippi women is as absorbing as any you'll see this year. The plot is writing a book which attempts to tell the truth about B/W relations in the city of Jackson, between wealthy whites and `the help'; but doing it anonymously. Without being fired or lynched.

There is humor in the way the Jackson Belle socialites operate, and eventually react to the book publication. Bryce Dallas Howard is the personification of Bad Girl, Hilly. Although beautiful, I loathed Hilly in the film and book, as you are supposed to. And Jessica Chastain (Murder on the Orient Express) has all it takes to be the scene stealer while playing Celia. Truly believable!
Humor erupts in how the help secretly reacts to their treatment. There's sadness at some injustice.
Viola Davis plays a slimmer/sexier Aibileen than was my mental image while reading the book. Octavia Spencer is right on as Minny. Both girls pack their roles with perfection.
The film has intrigue through the months of secret interviews.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Movie!
This movie was exactly what we needed. Super easy to rent and watch with Amazon-On-Demand. Funny and emotional, this movie is sure to please.
Published 19 hours ago by Anthony
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Real!
This is a must see movie if you are interested in the history of this nation. It appears to be a follow-up to Whoopi Goldberg's "Long Walk Home". Read more
Published 2 days ago by lynnc
5.0 out of 5 stars An Humbling Movie that is Full of Entertainment
A forgotten look at the past that is full of a lot of emotion. Too many movies being made that are set into the future but this one is one that takes us back into the past for... Read more
Published 2 days ago by moviemonster
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!
One of the best books I've read! I am so glad I bought it. I recommended it to all my friends.
Published 2 days ago by Gamer Gal
4.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as expected, but good.
Everyone always says the movie isn't as good as the book and this definitely stands for this movie. Since the movie is already 2 1/2 hours, I understand nothing more could be... Read more
Published 2 days ago by Kevin Joseph Vaeth Jr.
5.0 out of 5 stars Good movie and Well Made
My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed this movie when we first checked it out and had to purchase it. Unfortunately, that's the way America was during that time. Read more
Published 2 days ago by sc
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must see
Wonderful! A must see. Teaches us all at that at the end of the day we are all people. A true tear jerker.
Published 3 days ago by GAGal
5.0 out of 5 stars The Help
Great book made into a movie. I really enjoy having The Help in my library. I definitely recommend this movie!
Published 4 days ago by Grammy
5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie
This movie is touching and funny at times. I loved the story and the way they told it. It really depicts what life was like for blacks in the past and sadly some of that is still... Read more
Published 6 days ago by N. Stephenson
5.0 out of 5 stars So emotional!
I actually needed to watch this movie for one of my classes, but I'm actually glad I watched it. It was so good!
Published 7 days ago by Stephanie Ledezma
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did anyone else notice that there are scenes missing in the DVD version that were in the movie version? They are inconsequential scenes, but missing none-the-less
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