Movie review | The Help

So. I Cried...

This is a must see and whatever you do, seeing this should be included.

A young aspiring author by name of Skeeter [Emma Stone] decides to break new ground during the -60s civil rights Movement, by writing a book from the view point of black maids working for white families. A task she undertakes in all secrecy of course, with little help from anyone, least of all her friends whom are rather happy with the way things are.

Needless to say, the maids are loath to give her the information she seeks. It is not the kind of talk befitting a white audience nor does the prospect of no job and hatred from both black as well as white appeal to the hard working maids. Skeeter does not let her self be deterred however and does whatever is in her power to win the women’s hard earned friendship.

In the meantime she makes contact with an agency in New York which agrees to publish her work, under the condition that she at least interviews a dozen girls. And as if that was not all, Martin Luther King is on the march, meaning that her topic is very much in time, but for how long? It’s a dangerous topic, opposed by many men in high places. In a matter of weeks Kings Movement might be crushed at which time such a book would not sell, might even be unsafe to publish. Thus time is of the essence.

Emma Stone proves yet again her talent for choosing scripts, and stars in what will probably turn out to be her most prestigious role to date. It's a tragic tale that leaves the audience on the verge of tears at every twist and turn of the story. Even though the plot mainly focuses on the life of two house keepers Aibileen [Viola David] and Minny [Octavia Spencer], it does have a lot more going on in the background. As sub plots unfolds throughout the film, they fills the void of the outside world and the viewer is rewarded by a sense that what he/she sees is but a mere drop of what is the great ocean of oppression out there.