So I went to see "The Help" finally! I say finally because it took three different attempts between my mom and sisters to make this movie date happen. Anyhoo! I absolutely loved it. Without giving away too much, the movie is based on #1 New York Times best-selling book by Kathryn Stockett. "The Help" is about three women living in Mississippi in the 1960s. These women form a friendship based on a secret writing project which was against society rules at the time and could put them at risk. It is a powerful story about the ability to create change. “The Help” stars Emma Stone as Skeeter a twenty-two year old lady who has just returned home from school and is an aspiring writer. Also academy award nominated actress Viola Davis plays Aibileen, a housemaid in her 50s that has taken care of several children and is the first person Skeeter reaches out to about the writing project. Octavia Spencer plays Minny, Aibileen's best friend who is well known for her sassiness and good cooking. Also one of the notable characters, Hilly played by Bryce Dallas Howard, is the queen bee of the young women's social circle in town and known for her manipulative ways.
From left to right: Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone, Viola Davis, and Bryce Dallas Howard
I ended up watching the movie with my sisters. How appropriate! Mom was not feeling up to it. I think this outing was our close to the summer hangout and I couldn’t have picked a better movie. My older sister left for school this morning. She is about to start her second year at law school and this Saturday my younger sister leaves for college. This is her first year! How exciting. The movie shows a sisterly bond between the women and how regardless of the rough time they went through, laughed and cried some but in the end found their happy place and went after their dreams. It reminds me of my relationship with my sisters. We have for the most part been around each other all our lives and there have been a lot of laughs and a lot of fights and some tears but as the years go by and with the end of each summer break, we all get closer to our dreams and happy places.
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