Er'ybody's been raving about! Have you heard? The Help was one of the best films of the year! If I do say so myself! My husband says it's just okay because he didn't like the music, or the topic of the film (although he doesn't think it was poorly made) and he still liked the acting. It won 39 awards (I looked that sh*t up on IMDB!) and with good reason! The story is about The South in the 1960s (I've been watching a lot of Southern movies lately, because honeybear and I will be moving there shortly. Oh dear, I'm afraid I'll become one of those "y'all" slingin' southern belle stereotypes...) where one young white woman writes about the black maids she has grown up knowing, but from their perspective of things. The main character identifies her own maid as the person who raised her, and begins to ask questions that are considered dangerous at the time. The film is eye-opening, and also very funny. It's that perfect balance between serious issues and laughter. I felt that it worked perfectly. The lighting had a lovely contrast between the white and black homes. Both were welcoming, but in entirely different ways, which suited each perfectly. The acting was fantastic! As my satirical husband couldn't dismiss, the acting was spot-on. I believed every one of those people, and as for the main character, I hadn't even noticed at first that she was Emma Stone (Easy A; Crazy, Stupid, Love). The film flowed like any brilliantly weaved story your grandma (may or may not have) told you. I loved characters that I didn't expect to. That to me, is one of the tell-tale signs of a good story, but, I do love character studies. (Otherwise, if I don't care about the characters, I don't care about what happens!) I strongly recommend, if you haven't seen this, give it a shot.
5 stars; sexy!
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