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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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Aug 10, 2011
Box Office
$216.6M
Budget
$25.0M
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Dec 6, 2011
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1492 Pictures, Harbinger Pictures
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Cast
Full credits →E
Emma Stone
Skeeter Phelan
Viola Davis
Aibileen Clark
Bryce Dallas Howard
Hilly Holbrook
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Octavia Spencer
Minny Jackson
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Jessica Chastain
Celia Foote
A
Ahna O'Reilly
Elizabeth Leefolt
A
Allison Janney
Charlotte Phelan
A
Anna Camp
Jolene French
C
Chris Lowell
Stuart Whitworth
C
Cicely Tyson
Constantine Jefferson
M
Mike Vogel
Johnny Foote
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Sissy Spacek
Missus Walters
B
Brian Kerwin
Robert Phelan
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Wes Chatham
Carlton Phelan
A
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Yule Mae Davis
T
Ted Welch
William Holbrook
S
Shane McRae
Raleigh Leefolt
R
Roslyn Ruff
Pascagoula
T
Tarra Riggs
Gretchen
L
Leslie Jordan
Mr. Blackly
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Quotes
See all →The Power of Truth and Self-Expression
Aibileen
In just ten minutes, the only life I knew was done.
[voice over]
Mae Mobley
A-a-a-aibee!
[calling after her through the window]
Aibileen
God says we need to love our enemies. It hard to do. But it can start by telling the truth. No one had ever asked me what it feel like to be me. Once I told the truth about that, I felt free. And I got to thinking about all the people I know. And the things I seen and done. My boy Treelore always said we gonna have a writer in the family one day. I guess it's gonna be me.
[voice over]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Confrontation Over Allegations and Accusations
Hilly
I've contacted my lawyer, Hibbie Goodman! He's the best libel attorney in the state. Oh missy, you are goin to jail!
[confronting Skeeter at her house about the book]
Skeeter
You can't prove anything.
Hilly
Oh I 100% know you wrote it, cause nobody else in town is as tacky as you!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
