The Help

I likes me a good fictional history lesson. While it’s nowhere near as absurd as Inglourious Basterds, The Help is an empowering watch about a moment in time that never was. The definitive characters are the biggest testament to the movie’s quality. Everyone from the broken-down black maid (Viola Davis) to the stepford wife alpha-bitch (Bryce Dallas Howard) sell their roles immediately. When confrontation eventually strikes, it’s a brilliantly emotive eruption. In comparison to its subject matter, the film did seem a little tame overall. Nevertheless, by the end, I wanted to hi-5 each and every one of those maids. 

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