The Help

The Help

146 mins | Drama | Aug. 9, 2011

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.

The Help

146 mins | Drama | Aug. 9, 2011

The Help
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.
IMDb rating 8.1
Producers 1492 Pictures, Harbinger Pictures
Original title The Help
Directors Karen Davis, Donald Sparks, Cate Hardman, Tate Taylor
Writers Kathryn Stockett, Tate Taylor

Cast

Emma Stone

as Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan

Viola Davis

as Aibileen Clark

Octavia Spencer

as Minny Jackson

Bryce Dallas Howard

as Hilly Holbrook

Jessica Chastain

as Celia Foote

Anna Camp

as Jolene French

Ahna O'Reilly

as Elizabeth Leefolt

Allison Janney

as Charlotte Phelan

Mary Steenburgen

as Elain Stein

Mike Vogel

as Johnny Foote

Sissy Spacek

as Missus Walters

​Christopher Lowell

as Stuart Whitworth

Cicely Tyson

as Constantine Jefferson

Aunjanue Ellis

as Yule Mae Davis

David Oyelowo

as Preacher Green

Dana Ivey

as Gracie Higginbotham

LaChanze

as Rachel

Brian Kerwin

as Robert Phelan

Wes Chatham

as Carlton Phelan

Ted Welch

as William Holbrook

Shane McRae

as Raleigh Leefolt

Roslyn Ruff

as Pascagoula

Tarra Riggs

as Gretchen

Leslie Jordan

as Mr. Blackly

Tiffany Brouwer

as Rebecca

Carol Sutton

as Cora

Ashley Johnson

as Mary Beth Caldwell

Ritchie Montgomery

as Bus Driver

Nelsan Ellis

as Henry The Waiter

Cleta Elaine Ellington

as Donna The Receptionist

Amy Beckwith

as Bridge Club

Julie Ann Doan

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Lamar Lott

as Bus Rider (uncredited)

Charles Orr

as Bellhop (uncredited)

Ya'lita Thompson

as Le jeune diacre