The Help - Awards 76% Certified Fresh

Release Date: August 10, 2011

Studio/Distributor: DreamWorks/Touchstone Pictures

Running Time: 146 minutes

Director: Tate Taylor

Synopsis: Taylor adapted the bestselling novel by his childhood friend Kathryn Stockett about the relationships between wealthy white women (Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard) and their African American maids (Viola Davis, Octavia Spenser) in 1960s Mississippi.

Reception: Rotten Tomatoes Top Critics: 68%

Box Office: $167 million (USA); $25 million (Foreign)

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