The Help
PG-13

The Help

Change begins with a whisper.

2011 • 146 min • Drama

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9170 reviews
  • 75 Reviewers · 4 · 60%
  • 82 Audience · 9166 · 40%

Katika miaka ya 1960 huko Mississippi, mwandishi anayechipukia anarejea nyumbani na kuamua kuandika kitabu kutoka kwa mtazamo wa wajakazi Waafrika-Amerika. Uamuzi huu unapinga kanuni za kijamii na migawanyiko ya rangi ya zama hizo, ukifichua uzoefu wao. Hadithi inaangazia mada za ujasiri na dhuluma.

Violence & peril
3/10
Language
3/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
2/10
Romance & sensuality
1/10
Scary moments
2/10

Heads up

  • Inaonyesha ubaguzi wa rangi na chuki ambayo inaweza kusumbua.
  • Baadhi ya wahusika wanapitia unyanyasaji wa kihisia na kutengwa na jamii.
  • Vipande vifupi vinaonyesha wahusika wakivuta sigara na kunywa pombe kijamii.

What it models well

  • Kusema ukweli kwa wenye mamlaka
  • Huruma na uelewa
  • Ujasiri mbele ya dhuluma
  • Urafiki na mshikamano

Talk about it after

  • Historia ya ubaguzi na athari zake kwa maisha ya watu.
  • Jinsi watu binafsi wanavyoweza kupinga dhuluma za kimfumo.
  • Umuhimu wa kusikiliza mitazamo tofauti.
  • Maana ya ujasiri wa kweli na usaidizi.

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Top billed cast

Director: Tate Taylor • Crew: Tate Taylor

Trailers & clips

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The Help -- Accolades

Shinolator

"Put Mama in a Chair"

"You Should Read the Book"

Skeeter's Interview

Reviewer notes

Not recommended

Sound, music, acting, sets, and camera are good in this movie but I do have concerns what the story is saying about african americans.…

Recommended

I hadn’t quite realised the extent to which racial segregation laws permeated into every day life, especially when a black person couldn't cut a white child’s hair or write anything remotely disparaging about their white brethren. “Skeeter” (Emma Stone) returns from college and decides there might be a way around this.…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

Great watch, probably won't watch again, and can recommend. To be fair, you should watch this prepared for what it is: a racial suffrage movie. That means that it is filled with racism and unfair strife, and stupid jerks of the elite class that are under the impression that they can still buy and sell people because they do.…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

I just watched The Help, almost immediately after finishing the book. Now, when comparing The Film to The Book it was based on (generally speaking), one major rule of thumb almost always applies: The Book is better. The Help is no exception. Accordingly, with the novel still so fresh in the back of my mind, separating my mind from the book in order to enjoy the film was an almost impossible task.…

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