The Help

2011 · directed by Tate Taylor

Rating

76/100

Hit

no

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.

The Help (2011), directed by Tate Taylor, rates 76/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Emma Stone
• Viola Davis
• Bryce Dallas Howard
• Octavia Spencer
• Jessica Chastain
• Ahna O'Reilly
• Allison Janney
• Anna Camp
• Eleanor Henry
• Emma Henry

Crew

• Stephen Goldblatt — Director of Photography
• Hughes Winborne — Editor
• Thomas Newman — Original Music Composer
• Tate Taylor — Screenplay

More from Tate Taylor

1. Get On Up (2014) — 71/100
2. The Girl on the Train (2016) — 57/100
3. Ma (2019) — 56/100
4. Ava (2020) — 45/100
5. Breaking News in Yuba County (2021) — 42/100

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