Actually, I’ve heard about the excellence of The Help for a
while but I haven’t paid attention to it much. I just thought I would watch it
if the chance comes. At first I thought The Help is a romantic-comedy about the
servants who help their boss to find a husband something like that, but I was
wrong!! It’s totally drama and it is a GOOD one. Throughout 146 minute, no
scene was boring. It has it all; drama, comedy, sad, and impressive. For me,
The Help is one of the “best” racism-related films.
The Help is a story about black servants in the American society in 1960s, when most of the white American had the black helper to feed their children, clean the house and be a babysitter. Anyway, those helpers had no right to be equal to the bosses – not even be able to use the same restroom with them. This circumstance was seen, told and written by the young white writer to support the civil right movement at that time. The movie itself expresses the hard life of colored people very well so I questioned myself all the time I was watching why the whites were so cruel and selfish. However, amid the serious racism, there was some impressive generousness between the whites and the colors thorough the movie as well. I personally cried with the plot about Skeeter (Emma Stone) and her babysitter – Constantine, especially the height measurement scene.
The Help is a story about black servants in the American society in 1960s, when most of the white American had the black helper to feed their children, clean the house and be a babysitter. Anyway, those helpers had no right to be equal to the bosses – not even be able to use the same restroom with them. This circumstance was seen, told and written by the young white writer to support the civil right movement at that time. The movie itself expresses the hard life of colored people very well so I questioned myself all the time I was watching why the whites were so cruel and selfish. However, amid the serious racism, there was some impressive generousness between the whites and the colors thorough the movie as well. I personally cried with the plot about Skeeter (Emma Stone) and her babysitter – Constantine, especially the height measurement scene.
When I finished watching, I thought to myself that it would
be very hard for Oscar board to choose which one should be nominated for Best
Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Why??? Because all of them were frigging great
at their roles!!! Especially Bryce Dallas Howard as an extreme racist and
Jessica Chastain as a hick housewife with sad secrets – their performances were
intense and priceless. Other actresses
like Emma Stone, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer were also superb at their
roles as well but not as good as Howard and Chastain (IMHO).
Final say : The Help is one of my favorite films in 2011.
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