Released:
2011-08-09

Overview:
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.

Director:
Tate Taylor

Runtime:
2h 26min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Emma Stone
  as
  Skeeter Phelan
• 
  Viola Davis
  as
  Aibileen Clark
• 
  Bryce Dallas Howard
  as
  Hilly Holbrook
• 
  Octavia Spencer
  as
  Minny Jackson
• 
  Jessica Chastain
  as
  Celia Foote