Change begins with a whisper.
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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Character
Classical in form, earnest, grave and overwhelming.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Emma StoneSkeeter Phelan
- Viola DavisAibileen Clark
- Bryce Dallas HowardHilly Holbrook
- Octavia SpencerMinny Jackson
- Jessica ChastainCelia Foote
- Ahna O'ReillyElizabeth Leefolt
- Allison JanneyCharlotte Phelan
- Anna CampJolene French
- Eleanor HenryMae Mobley
- Emma HenryMae Mobley
Crew
- Tate TaylorDirector
- Tate TaylorScreenplay
- Kathryn StockettNovel
- Stephen GoldblattDirector of Photography
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Hughes WinborneEditor
- Michael BarnathanProducer
- Chris ColumbusProducer
- Brunson GreenProducer
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Pairings
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