In the opening weekend, The Help sat at number 2 in the box office, the next three weekends after that it sat at number 1. I saw it this last weekend and it ended as number 2 again.
Based on a book of the same name, The Help follows the lives of African- American maids in the South during the 1960s. Issues like racism and civil rights are obviously apparent here.
The film has grossed over $141 million with a budget of only $25 million. Quite a theatrical film feat if ya ask me.
The main focus of the story is obviously on "The Help" book and the character that wrote it. Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, portrayed so elegantly by Emma Stone, is the author of said book. After coming back home from graduating at University of Mississippi, she finds that her childhood maid, Constantine, had quit. To Skeeter this doesn't add up as her maid was beloved.
Seeing Emma Stone in such a serious drama like this one gave her a lot more respect. I've only known Emma as a comedic girly actor in films like Superbad, Zombieland, Easy A, and Crazy, Stupid, Love. Aforementioned comedies like those didn't present her true acting potential. This has to be Emma's best acting so far! I thought her popularity was over exaggerated this year, but I was wrong. It'll be interesting to see how she plays Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man.
Other honorable mentions would have to be Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, who played the two main maid characters in Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson. The two combined presented most of the dramatic and comedic aspects of the film. I really enjoyed their performance. Truly were devoted to their characters. Well done!
Everything about this movie was well done. The acting was great all around, the sets were visually appealing, the music flowed, the direction was there, and the story was great. It's hard to pick out something bad.
9/10 Stars.
Based on a book of the same name, The Help follows the lives of African- American maids in the South during the 1960s. Issues like racism and civil rights are obviously apparent here.
The film has grossed over $141 million with a budget of only $25 million. Quite a theatrical film feat if ya ask me.
The main focus of the story is obviously on "The Help" book and the character that wrote it. Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, portrayed so elegantly by Emma Stone, is the author of said book. After coming back home from graduating at University of Mississippi, she finds that her childhood maid, Constantine, had quit. To Skeeter this doesn't add up as her maid was beloved.
Seeing Emma Stone in such a serious drama like this one gave her a lot more respect. I've only known Emma as a comedic girly actor in films like Superbad, Zombieland, Easy A, and Crazy, Stupid, Love. Aforementioned comedies like those didn't present her true acting potential. This has to be Emma's best acting so far! I thought her popularity was over exaggerated this year, but I was wrong. It'll be interesting to see how she plays Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man.
Other honorable mentions would have to be Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, who played the two main maid characters in Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson. The two combined presented most of the dramatic and comedic aspects of the film. I really enjoyed their performance. Truly were devoted to their characters. Well done!
Everything about this movie was well done. The acting was great all around, the sets were visually appealing, the music flowed, the direction was there, and the story was great. It's hard to pick out something bad.
9/10 Stars.