The Help (film)

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 Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Octavia Spencer and Emma Stone. The film and novel recount the story of a young white woman and aspiring journalist Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan.[3] 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 they are faced with as they work for white families. Black domestic workers in 1960s America were referred to as "the help", hence the title of the journalistic expose, the novel and the film.

The Help
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTate Taylor
Produced by
Screenplay byTate Taylor
Based onThe Help
by Kathryn Stockett
Starring
Music byThomas Newman
CinematographyStephen Goldblatt
Edited byHughes Winborne
Production
company
DreamWorks Pictures
Reliance Entertainment
Participant Media
Image Nation
1492 Pictures
Harbinger Pictures
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release date
  • August 9, 2011 (2011-08-09) (Beverly Hills)
  • August 10, 2011 (2011-08-10) (United States)
Running time
146 minutes
Country
  • United States
  • India[1]
  • United Arab Emirates[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25 million[2]
Box office$216.6 million[2]

DreamWorks Pictures acquired the screen rights to Stockett's novel in March 2010 and quickly commissioned the film with Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan, and Brunson Green as producers. The film's casting began later that month, with principal photography following four months after in Mississippi. The film is an international co-production between companies based in the United States, India, and the United Arab Emirates.[1]

Touchstone Pictures released The Help worldwide, with a general theatrical release in North America on August 10, 2011. The film was a critical and commercial success, receiving positive reviews and grossing $216 million in worldwide box office.[2] The Help received four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Actress for Davis, and Best Supporting Actress for both Chastain and Spencer, with the latter winning the award. The film also won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

Plot

In 1963, Aibileen Clark is an African-American maid in Jackson, Mississippi. She works for socialite Elizabeth Leefolt and cares for the Leefolts' daughter Mae Mobley, whom Elizabeth neglects. Aibileen's best friend and fellow maid Minny Jackson works for Mrs. Walters, whose daughter Hilly Holbrook leads the women's socialite group.

Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, a recent graduate of Ole Miss and an aspiring writer, is a friend of Elizabeth. Skeeter is uncomfortable with her social circle's racist attitudes toward their maids, including Hilly's insistence on installing separate bathrooms for the help. Skeeter learns that her mother Charlotte fired Constantine, the maid who raised Skeeter, and decides to write a book of interviews with African-American maids working for white families.

Minny is fired by Hilly for using the guest bathroom and is rendered unemployable, but finds a job with Celia Foote, a housewife ostracized by the other socialites. Celia treats Minny with respect and they become friends, but keep Minny's employment secret from Celia's husband Johnny, who is Hilly’s former beau. Celia suffers a miscarriage, and reveals to Minny that she has had two previous miscarriages.

Skeeter reaches out to Aibileen, who eventually agrees to be interviewed, as does Minny. Elaine Stein, Skeeter's editor at Harper & Row, advises her that the stories of two maids are not enough, but fear of retribution prevents other maids from coming forward. Aibileen tells Skeeter about her struggle to cope with the death of her son, and believes the book will help her find closure.

Hilly refuses to advance money to her replacement maid, Yule May, who is struggling to send her twin sons to college. Yule May discovers a discarded ring and pawns it, but is brutally arrested as Hilly watches. This incident and the assassination of Medgar Evers inspire more maids to tell Skeeter their stories.

Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Skeeter, Aibileen, and Minny fear the maids' stories will be recognized. Minny reveals the "terrible awful" she did to Hilly: after her termination, Minny brought Hilly her famous chocolate pie, but revealed that she baked her own excrement into the pie after Hilly had finished two slices. The inclusion of this incident in the book would prompt Hilly to crusade in denial that the book is about Jackson.

Skeeter confronts her mother about firing Constantine, and Charlotte reveals that during a Daughters of America luncheon, Constantine's daughter Rachel disobeyed Charlotte's orders to enter through the kitchen, embarrassing her. To save face, Charlotte fired Constantine; Rachel took Constantine to Chicago, where she later died.

The book is published anonymously and is a success. Minny reveals the "terrible awful" to Celia, who finally sees what a manipulative bully Hilly is, and writes a cheque to one of Hilly's charity groups, made out to "Two Slice Hilly". Incensed, Hilly threatens Skeeter with legal proceedings, but she reminds Hilly that the incident is in chapter 12. Charlotte intervenes, letting on that she knows about the "terrible awful", and orders Hilly off the property. Charlotte and Skeeter reconcile when Charlotte tells her how proud she is of her courage, the book, and her job offer in New York City.

Johnny reveals to Minny that he knows she has been working at his house, and how appreciative he is for her friendship with Celia, how it saved her life, and that she has permanent job security. This kindness gives Minny the courage to take her children and leave her abusive husband.

Seeking revenge for helping Skeeter, Hilly pressures Elizabeth to terminate Aibileen, framing her for theft. Aibileen stands up to Hilly, who breaks down and storms out, and Elizabeth orders Aibileen to leave. Aibileen bids farewell to Mae Mobley and pleads with Elizabeth to give her daughter a chance, as Elizabeth begins to cry. Aibileen reflects on the ordeal and finds closure, looking to her own future as a writer.

Cast

Main cast

Supporting cast
  • Ahna O'Reilly as Elizabeth Leefolt
  • Sissy Spacek as Mrs. Walters
  • Chris Lowell as Stuart Whitworth
  • Mike Vogel as Jonathan "Johnny" Foote
  • Cicely Tyson as Constantine Bates
  • Anna Camp as Jolene French
  • Brian Kerwin as Robert Phelan
  • Aunjanue Ellis as Yule May Davis
  • Ted Welch as William Holbrook
  • Wes Chatham as Carlton Phelan
  • Shane McRae as Raleigh Leefolt
  • Roslyn Ruff as Pascagoula
  • Tarra Riggs as Gretchen
  • LaChanze as Rachel Bates
  • Mary Steenburgen as Elaine Stein
  • Leslie Jordan as Mr. Blackly
  • David Oyelowo as Preacher Green
  • Dana Ivey as Grace Higginbotham
  • Tiffany Brouwer as Rebecca
  • Carol Lee as Pearly
  • Carol Sutton as Cora
  • Millicent Bolton as Callie
  • Ashley Johnson as Mary Beth Caldwell
  • Nelsan Ellis as Henry
  • Emma and Eleanor Henry as Mae Mobley Leefolt
  • Shane Pengelly as Himself

Production

In December 2009, Variety reported that Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan, and Mark Radcliffe would produce a film adaptation of The Help, under their production company 1492 Pictures. Brunson Green of Harbinger Productions also co-produced. The film was written and directed by Tate Taylor, who optioned film rights to the book before its publication. The novel's film rights were obtained by DreamWorks in March 2010.[4] Reliance Entertainment and Participant Media co-produced the film.[5]

The first casting news for the production came in March 2010, when it was reported that Stone was attached to play the role of Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan.[6] Other actors were since cast, including Davis as Aibileen; Howard as Hilly Holbrook, Jackson's snooty town ringleader; Janney as Charlotte Phelan, Skeeter's mother; and Lowell as Stuart Whitworth, Skeeter's boyfriend and a senator's son.[7][8][9] Leslie Jordan appears as the editor of the fictional local newspaper, The Jackson Journal.[10] Mike Vogel plays the character Johnny Foote. Octavia Spencer portrays Minny. Spencer inspired the character of Minny in Stockett's novel and voiced her in the audiobook version.[11][12]

Filming began in July 2010 and extended through October. The town of Greenwood, Mississippi, was chosen to portray 1960s-era Jackson, and producer Green said he had expected to shoot "95 percent" of the film there.[13] Parts of the film were also shot in the real-life Jackson, as well as in nearby Clarksdale and Greenville. One of the few locations that existed in 1963 Jackson, the book and the film is Jackson landmark Brent's Drugs, which dates to 1946. Other locations that can still be found in Jackson include the New Capitol Building and the Mayflower Cafe downtown. Scenes set at the Jackson Journal office were shot in Clarksdale at the building which formerly housed the Clarksdale Press Register for 40 years until April 2010.[14]

The Help was the most significant film production in Mississippi since O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)[15][16][17] "Honestly, my heart would be broken if it were set anywhere but Mississippi", Stockett wrote in an e-mail to reporters. In order to convince producers to shoot in Greenwood, Tate Taylor and others had previously come to the town and scouted out locations; at his first meeting with DreamWorks executives, he presented them with a photo album of potential filming spots in the area. The state's tax incentive program for filmmakers was also a key enticement in the decision.[15][16][17]

Release

Theatrical run

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributed The Help worldwide through the studio's Touchstone Pictures banner.[18] On October 13, 2010, Disney gave the film a release date of August 12, 2011. On June 30, 2011, the film's release date was rescheduled two days earlier to August 10, 2011.[19]

Home media

The film was released by Touchstone Home Entertainment on Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and digital download on December 6, 2011. The release was produced in three different physical packages: a three-disc combo pack (Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital Copy); a two-disc combo pack (Blu-ray and DVD); and a single-disc DVD. It was also released as a digital download option in both standard and high definition. The DVD version includes two deleted scenes and "The Living Proof" music video by Mary J. Blige. The digital download version includes the same features as the DVD version, plus one additional deleted scene. Both the two-disc and three-disc combo packs include the same features as the DVD version, as well as "The Making of 'The Help': From Friendship to Film", "In Their Own Words: A Tribute to the Maids of Mississippi", and three deleted scenes with introductions by director Taylor.[20][21][22]

Reception

Box office

The Help earned $169,708,112 in North America and $46,931,000 in other territories for a worldwide total of $216,639,112.[2]

In North America, on its opening day (Wednesday, August 10, 2011), it topped the box office with $5.54 million. It then added $4.33 million on Thursday, declining only 21 percent, a two-day total to $9.87 million.[23] On its first weekend, the film grossed $26.0 million, coming in second place behind Rise of the Planet of the Apes.[24] However, during its second weekend, the film jumped to first place with $20.0 million, declining only 23 percent, the smallest drop among films playing nationwide.[25] The film crossed the $100 million mark on its 21st day of release, becoming one of only two titles in August 2011 that achieved this.[26] On its fourth weekend (Labor Day three-day weekend), it became the first film since Inception (2010), to top the box-office charts for three consecutive weekends.[27][28] Its four-day weekend haul of $19.9 million[29] was the fourth largest for a Labor Day weekend.[30] Notably, The Help topped the box office for 25 days in a row. This was the longest uninterrupted streak since The Sixth Sense (35 days), which was also a late summer release, in 1999.[31]

To promote the film, TakePart hosted a series of three writing contests.[32] Rebecca Lubin, of Mill Valley, California, who has been a nanny for nearly two decades won the recipe contest. Darcy Pattison's "11 Ways to Ruin a Photograph" won "The Help" Children's Story Contest with her story about a tenacious young girl who refuses to take a good photograph while her father is away "soldiering". After being chosen by guest judge and children's-book author Lou Berger, the story was professionally illustrated.[33] The final contest was about "someone who inspired you". Genoveva Islas-Hooker charmed guest judge Doc Hendley (founder of Wine to Water) with her story, A Heroine Named Confidential. A case manager for patients with HIV, Islas-Hooker was consistently inspired by one special individual who never gave up the fight to live.

Critical response

The Help received mostly positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 76% of 222 professional critics gave the film a positive review, with an average score of 7.02/10. The website's critical consensus states, "Though arguably guilty of glossing over its racial themes, The Help rises on the strength of its cast—particularly Viola Davis, whose performance is powerful enough to carry the film on its own."[34] Metacritic, a review aggregator which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 62 based on 41 reviews.[35] CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade moviegoers gave the film was an "A+" on an A+ to F scale.[36]

Tom Long from new movies remarked: "Appealling, entertaining, touching and perhaps even a bit healing, The Help is an old-fashioned grand yarn of a film, the sort we rarely get these days."[37] Connie Ogle of new movies gave the film three out of four stars and said it "will make you laugh, yes, but it can also break your heart. In the dog days of August moviegoing, that's a powerful recommendation."[38]

A more mixed review from Karina Longworth of The Village Voice said: "We get a fairly typical Hollywood flattening of history, with powerful villains and disenfranchised heroes."[39] Rick Groen of The Globe and Mail, giving the film two out of four stars, said: "Typically, this sort of film is an earnest tear-jerker with moments of levity. Instead, what we have here is a raucous rib-tickler with occasional pauses for a little dramatic relief."[40] Referring to the film as a "big, ole slab of honey-glazed hokum", The New York Times noted that "save for Ms. Davis's, however, the performances are almost all overly broad, sometimes excruciatingly so, characterized by loud laughs, bugging eyes and pumping limbs."[41]

Some of the negative reviews criticized the film for its inability to match the quality of the book. Chris Hewitt of the St. Paul Pioneer Press said about the film: "Some adaptations find a fresh, cinematic way to convey a book's spirit but The Help doesn't."[42]

Many critics praised the performances of Davis and Spencer. Wilson Morales of Blackfilm.com gave the movie three out of four stars and commented, "With powerful performances given by Viola Davis and scene stealer Octavia Spencer, the film is an emotionally moving drama that remains highly entertaining."[43] David Edelstein from New York magazine commented, "The Help belongs to Viola Davis."[44]

Ida E. Jones, the national director of the Association of Black Women Historians, released an open statement criticizing the film, stating "[d]espite efforts to market the book and the film as a progressive story of triumph over racial injustice, The Help distorts, ignores, and trivializes the experiences of black domestic workers." The ABWH accused both the book and the film of insensitive portrayals of African-American vernacular, a nearly uniform depiction of black men as cruel or absent, and a failure to acknowledge the sexual harassment that many black women endured in their white employers' homes. Jones concluded by saying that "The Association of Black Women Historians finds it unacceptable for either this book or this film to strip black women's lives of historical accuracy for the sake of entertainment."[45]

Roxane Gay of literary web magazine The Rumpus argues the film might be offensive to African Americans, saying the film uses racial Hollywood tropes like the Magical Negro character.[46] In 2014, the movie was one of several discussed by Keli Goff in The Daily Beast in an article concerning white savior narratives in film.[47]

Accolades

At the 84th Academy Awards, Octavia Spencer won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in this film. The film also received three other Academy Award nominations: Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Actress for Viola Davis, and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jessica Chastain.[48]

Historical accuracy

The Help focuses on maids during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963. It brings light to Medgar Evers, an African American activist and NAACP leader, who worked towards gaining rights for African Americans at the time, as well as aiding in the fight to end segregation. In the film, Skeeter and the two maids are seen watching Evers’ address. The moment where the news of Evers’ assassination is transmitted drives Skeeter to interview the maids for their stories.

In the original novel, Pascagoula, the Phelan family’s maid, is the one watching the Medgar Evers address, introducing her into the narrative, whereas, in the film, Skeeter is at the forefront, placing her as the primary audience of civil rights news. This aspect of the narrative has brought forth some criticism towards the film. In an interview with the New York Times, Viola Davis mentioned that she regretted playing the role of Aibleen: "I just felt that at the end of the day that it wasn’t the voices of the maids that were heard."[49]

Film historian Alison Graham writes about this in her article "We ain't doin´ Civil Rights", commenting that "The (con)fusion of fictional and historical events begin to operate under a different narrative license."[50]

In criticising the film, Valerie Smith claims in "Black Women’s Memories and The Help" that the trivialisation of systemic racism during the 1960s in the film makes the plot "more accessible to contemporary readers and viewers".[51]

Soundtrack
The Help: Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedJuly 26, 2011
GenreBlues, soul, rhythm and blues, rock and roll
LabelGeffen
Singles from The Help
  1. "The Living Proof"
    Released: August 16, 2011

The soundtrack was released on July 26, 2011, through Geffen Records.[52] It remained authentic to the 60s period.[53] The 12-track collection, collated by music supervisor Jennifer Hawks,[54] features songs from the likes of Johnny Cash, Frankie Valli and Ray Charles. As a collective, the songs spotlight the peak of the fight for equality in the United States during the civil rights movement.[55]

Mary J. Blige's song "The Living Proof" is the only original track.[56] She composed it after a second viewing of the film. In an interview with Fandom Entertainment in 2011, Blige said that she was "moved in so many ways". Her raw emotions inspired her to compose the lone song for the film.[57]

Track listing
No.TitlePerformersLength
1."The Living Proof"Mary J. Blige5:57
2."Jackson"Johnny Cash and June Carter5:28
3."Sherry"Frankie Valli5:35
4."I Ain't Never"Webb Pierce1:56
5."Victory Is Mine"Dorothy Norwood3:47
6."Road Runner"Bo Diddley2:48
7."Hallelujah I Love Her So"Ray Charles2:35
8."The Wah-Watusi"The Orlons2:32
9."Personality"Lloyd Price10:29
10."Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"Bob Dylan3:38
11."Let's Twist Again"Chubby Checker2:19
12."Don't Knock"Mavis Staples2:30

Score
The Help: Original Motion Picture Score
Soundtrack album by
Thomas Newman
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2011
Length59:34
LabelVarèse Sarabande

Thomas Newman composed and conducted the film’s score. He has composed many other notable film soundtracks, including The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Finding Nemo (2003), leading to 11 Academy Award nominations and two BAFTA wins.[58] Varèse Sarabande released a score album on September 13, 2011.

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Aibilene"3:07
2."Them Fools"2:50
3."Upside-Down Cake"1:22
4."Mississippi"3:50
5."Heart Palpitations"1:43
6."The Help"2:19
7."Jim Crow"1:45
8."Skeeter"1:03
9."Miss Hilly"1:14
10."Write That Down"1:38
11."Bottom Of The List"3:23
12."Deviled Eggs"2:03
13."First White Baby"2:00
14."Celia Digs"2:06
15."November 22"1:12
16."Not To Die"1:28
17."My Son"2:51
18."Trash On The Road"1:37
19."The Terrible Awful"2:57
20."Constantine"4:09
21."Gripping Testimonials"1:32
22."Sugar"1:50
23."Amen"3:06
24."Mile High Meringue"2:00
25."Ain't You Tired (End Title)"6:29

See also
  • Civil rights movement in popular culture
  • List of black films of the 2010s

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