From DreamWorks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment comes the inspiring and poignant drama “The Help.”
Based on the critically acclaimed No. 1 New York Times best-selling debut novel by Kathryn Stockett, “The Help” boasts an illustrious cast, including, Jessica Chastain, Academy Award® nominee Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Emmy Award winner Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Oscar winner Sissy Spacek, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone, Academy Award® nominee Cicely Tyson and Mike Vogel.
Set in Jackson, Mississippi, during the 1960s, “The Help” chronicles the relationship between three different and extraordinary women who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project that breaks societal rules and puts them all at risk.
Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan just graduated from Ole Miss and is intent on getting a job as a writer. Unlike the girls she grew up with in Jackson, Mississippi, Skeeter wants a career and is quite content to put marriage and children on hold, much to her married friends’—and her mother’s—constant consternation.
When she lands a job writing the Miss Myrna cleaning-hints column for the local newspaper, she seeks help from Aibileen, her best friend’s maid, and finds herself embarking on a clandestine project, spurred on by a book editor in New York and inspired by the moving stories she uncovers.
Aibileen Clark has been a housekeeper all her life, working in the white homes of Jackson, Miss. She has raised 17 children for her employers and one son of her own, who was tragically, and unnecessarily, killed in an accident.
Saddened by the loss of her only child, Aibileen draws strength from both her faith and her best friend, Minny.
With quiet courage and dignity, Aibileen fulfills her duties as the Leefolt family’s maid, including taking care of their little girl, Mae Mobley.
When Skeeter enters her life, Aibileen finds herself opening up and telling her stories for the first time ever—even though the seemingly simple act brings with it the great risk of retaliation.
Outspoken Minny Jackson is a 33-year-old housekeeper who has a reputation as the best cook in Mississippi. She works for Hilly Holbrook (Bryce Dallas Howard), but an act of defiance finds her fired and traveling to the outskirts of Jackson to work for lonely, fish-out-of-water Celia Foote (Jessica Chastain).
A remarkable sisterhood emerges from their improbable alliance, instilling all of them with the courage to transcend the lines that define them, and the realization that sometimes those lines are made to be crossed—even if it means bringing everyone in town face to face with the changing times.
Deeply moving, filled with humor, hope and heart, “The Help” is a timeless and universal story about the ability to create change. The film is both inspirational and empowering, featuring relatable, funny, courageous characters who, by finding their unique voices, triumph and become the heroes of their own lives.
WHAT: The Help
WHERE: Cinemax Kingscliff
WHEN: Opening this week
