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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.

2011 |2h 26m |  Drama

Videos

Cast

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Emma Stone

Skeeter Phelan

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Viola Davis

Aibileen Clark

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Bryce Dallas Howard

Hilly Holbrook

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Octavia Spencer

Minny Jackson

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Jessica Chastain

Celia Foote

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Ahna O'Reilly

Elizabeth Leefolt

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Allison Janney

Charlotte Phelan

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Anna Camp

Jolene French

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Christopher Lowell

Stuart Whitworth

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Cicely Tyson

Constantine Jefferson

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Mike Vogel

Johnny Foote

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Sissy Spacek

Missus Walters

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Brian Kerwin

Robert Phelan

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Wes Chatham

Carlton Phelan

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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Yule Mae Davis

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Ted Welch

William Holbrook

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Shane McRae

Raleigh Leefolt

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Roslyn Ruff

Pascagoula

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Tarra Riggs

Gretchen

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Leslie Jordan

Mr. Blackly

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Mary Steenburgen

Elaine Stein

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Tiffany Brouwer

Rebecca

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Carol Sutton

Cora

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Ashley Johnson

Mary Beth Caldwell

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Ritchie Montgomery

Bus Driver

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Nelsan Ellis

Henry The Waiter

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David Oyelowo

Preacher Green

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LaChanze

Rachel

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Dana Ivey

Gracie Higginbotham

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Lamar Lott

Bus Rider (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$25,000,000.00

Revenue

$216,600,000.00