---
title: 'The Help (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tate Taylor'
released: '2011-08-09'
runtime_minutes: 146
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-help-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1454029/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Help (2011)

2011 · 146 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Help is a 2011 period drama film written and directed by Tate Taylor, and based on Kathryn Stockett's 2009 novel of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast, including Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney, Cicely Tyson, and Sissy Spacek. The film and novel recount the story of a young white woman and aspiring journalist Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan. The story focuses on her relationship with two black maids, Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson, during the civil rights movement in 1963 Jackson, Mississippi. In an attempt to become a legitimate journalist and writer, Skeeter decides to write a book from the point of view of the maids, exposing the racism and discrimination they face as they work for white families. Black domestic workers in 1960s United States were referred to as "the help", hence the eponymous title of the journalistic exposé, the novel, and the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tate Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/tate-taylor)
- **Screenplay:** [Tate Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/tate-taylor)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Thomas Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-newman)
- **Producer:** [Chris Columbus](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-columbus), [Brunson Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/brunson-green), [Michael Barnathan](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-barnathan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Stephen Goldblatt](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-goldblatt)
- **Editor:** [Hughes Winborne](https://cinepixo.com/people/hughes-winborne)

## Cast

- [Dana Ivey](https://cinepixo.com/people/dana-ivey) as Grace Higginbotham
- [Viola Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/viola-davis) as Aibileen Clark
- [Allison Janney](https://cinepixo.com/people/allison-janney) as Charlotte Phelan
- [Leslie Jordan](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-jordan) as Mr. Blackly
- [Ashley Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashley-johnson) as Mary Beth Caldwell
- [David Oyelowo](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-oyelowo) as Preacher Green
- [Shane McRae](https://cinepixo.com/people/shane-mcrae) as Raleigh Leefolt
- [Brian Kerwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-kerwin) as Robert Phelan
- [Sissy Spacek](https://cinepixo.com/people/sissy-spacek) as Mrs. Walters
- [Nelsan Ellis](https://cinepixo.com/people/nelsan-ellis) as Henry The Waiter
- [Emma Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-stone) as Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan
- [Bryce Dallas Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryce-dallas-howard) as Hillary "Hilly" Walters Holbrook
- [Cicely Tyson](https://cinepixo.com/people/cicely-tyson) as Constantine Jefferson
- [Anna Camp](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-camp) as Jolene French
- [Carol Sutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/carol-sutton) as Cora

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Official site: http://dreamworksstudios.com/films/the-help
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-help-2011
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