Movie·2011·146 min

The Help

Name: The Help
Genre: Drama
Released: 2011-08-09
Duration: 146 min
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain

The Help streams in the US on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube TV and FXNow, and free with ads on Tubi TV, as of October 5, 2026.

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8.2 / 10 · TMDBTomatometer 75%Audience 89%Metacritic 62IMDb 8.1Letterboxd 4.0

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Drama

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.

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