The Help - Review

The Help starring Emma Stone and Viola Davis is reviewed by Christy Lemire (AP critic and host of Ebert Presents at the Movies, check your local PBS listings), Alonso Duralde (TheWrap.com and Linoleum Knife podcast) and Grae Drake (Movies.com).

See what other critics are saying: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_help/

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[yayazein222]

Go Alonso

[415jdookie]

What a lot of you people are saying about this movie just proves that people downplay what blacks have had to go through in this country. I mean to not even acknowledge it is ignorant and bigoted. And no ones telling white people to feel guilty about anything. But obviously you do. Or else you wouldn't keep referring to "white guilt". Guilt is self-inflicting. No one can MAKE you feel guilty but you. Remember that.

[aquapendulum]

Figured the female critics would like the movie.

[BRm2008]

this guy is a asshole. the movie was good.

[JozieLeePro]

Alonso is so right.

[lukebccb]

It is tiring that there always has to be the "noble white savior" in ANY story that deals with racial and ethnic relations..... HOWEVER, the ugly reality is the studios/producers will not give any funding to any film that doesn't have the "noble white savior" because IN THEIR VIEW, no white character = no box office.

Someday it will change but for now we're stuck with this.

[RdVirus777]

People who aren't shore about seeing this movie, don't. Instead go get the original mini series Roots. 50 minutes in I couldn't handle the poor acting by most of the white women and how they wouldn't even say the N word. Now I know it's PG-13 but, that's the problem with the movie. It doesn't want to afend anyone but if you wan't to make a great movie about this subject matter you have to be athintic. Roots was very serious but also had a bunch of humor in it and it all worked extremely well.

[ThePhoenixAvalon]

Alonso is correct. I liked the movie (better than I liked the book) but it glossed over the true horror of the time.

[sycotic51]

Eat my shit.

[Garrett2027]

Alonso, I'm not certain if I spelled your name correctly, I apologize. But I have to say what a excellent review you gave. Great perspective.

[killervirgo]

I decided to read the book before seeing the movie. The book explains each person's POV clearly on why they would participate in the book, the movie doesn't make that clear. With the changes from book-to-movie, ite misses the tension and fear of the maids who a risked their lives to tell their story and the major issue, race. What made me really not like movie is the complete change of the of Skeeter's maid Constantine, whose plight is the crux of the book. Read book, skip movie.

[xteric1]

grace is pretty cool..I'd like to ha a friends like her.