THE HELP – great movie
Posted By drsao on September 5, 2011
I recommend that you go see the movie THE HELP! It was so well done and deeply moving is the best description that I can imagine. I didn’t just cry (like we all do at movies sometimes) – I had a deep feeling of nausea and a sobbing reaction that comes with the realization of how social and racial injustice impacted so many people. I am thinking that this might be one of the BEST movies that I have ever seen.
These are some of the pictures from the HELP MOVIE website…..that acting was just wonderful…..I can’t imagine anyone doing a better job than Emma Stone, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer!
Here is a synopsis from the HELP MOVIE.COM website
Based on one of the most talked about books in years and a #1 New York Times best-selling phenomenon, “The Help” stars Emma Stone (“Easy A”) as Skeeter, Academy Award®–nominated Viola Davis (“Doubt”) as Aibileen and Octavia Spencer as Minny—three very different, extraordinary women in Mississippi during the 1960s, who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project that breaks societal rules and puts them all at risk. From their improbable alliance a remarkable sisterhood emerges, instilling all of them with the courage to transcend the lines that define them, and the realization that sometimes those lines are made to be crossed —even if it means bringing everyone in town face-to-face with the changing times.
Deeply moving, filled with poignancy, humor and hope, “The Help” is a timeless and universal story about the ability to create change.
I think I just might have to go buy the book today – WOW…..If you haven’t seen this movie – DO IT!!!!! I give it 5 stars out of a possible 4!!! I may go see this movie again – and when it comes out on DVD I hope it ends up in my Christmas stocking….Santa, are you listening?
I felt it was one of the most perfectly cast movies I have seen in a long while. While I did not live that deep in the south, I certainly have heard of these situations and feel so blessed to have missed it. I have never understood the “snob” mentality and will never accept it. DWH and I both enjoyed this movie immensely. The popcorn was also very good that particular day. Judy C in NC endorses your post!!!