The Help

"Change begins with a whisper."

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Ratings & Reviews

8.2/10

8,860 votes

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Awards & Recognition

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Academy Awards

🏆 1 win•📋 2 nominations

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Best Supporting Actress

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Best Picture

Best Actress

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Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$25.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$216.6M

Global Box Office

Profit

+$191.6M

ROI: +766%

Budget Recovery866% of budget

$0|Budget: $25.0M|Revenue: $216.6M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

173.6K

Daily Avg

2.9K

7-Day Trend

-1%

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Based On

The Help

literary work

Story Setting

Set In

Mississippi

Characters

Aibileen Clark

Eugenia Phelan

Minny Jackson

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Stephen Goldblatt

Film Editing

Hughes Winborne

Music / Score

Thomas Newman

Costume Design

Wendy Chuck

Production Companies

DreamWorksParticipantReliance EntertainmentTouchstone Pictures1492 Pictures

Distributors

Walt Disney Studios Motion PicturesNetflixDisney+

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch The Help

Available in 82 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaPG-13	Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV	FXNow	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United Kingdom12A	Disney Plus	—	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
CanadaPG	Disney Plus	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
AustraliaM	Disney Plus	—	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesPG-13

United Kingdom12A

CanadaPG

AustraliaM

Germany0

FranceTP

JapanG

Belgium18

+16 more countries

Production

Director

Tate Taylor

Writers

Tate Taylor, Kathryn Stockett

Production Companies

1492 PicturesHarbinger Pictures

Cast

Emma Stone

Skeeter Phelan

Viola Davis

Aibileen Clark

Bryce Dallas Howard

Hilly Holbrook

Octavia Spencer

Minny Jackson

Jessica Chastain

Celia Foote

Ahna O'Reilly

Elizabeth Leefolt

Allison Janney

Charlotte Phelan

Anna Camp

Jolene French

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Eleanor Henry

Mae Mobley

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Emma Henry

Mae Mobley

Chris Lowell

Stuart Whitworth

Cicely Tyson

Constantine Jefferson

Tags & Keywords

based on novel or bookmississippi riverexploitationracial segregationracismwritermaidmoral courageressentimentsouthern belleracial issues1960snewspaper columnistdesperatecautionary

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