"The Help" is the newest entry in the courageous white woman helps out black people genre (yes, this is a genre). I don't believe this was a bad film, I just think I could have dealt a lot less with the problems of Emma Stone and Jessica Chastain's characters. Even though I did enjoy those stories, too much of film was dedicated to them, and less was spent on making the central black characters strong figures. And who doesn't want more Octavia Spencer?
Grade: B
Starring: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer
Director: Tate Taylor
Writer(s): Tate Taylor - Novel: Kathryn Stockett
RT: 146 min
Rating: PG-13 for thematic material
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