add to our listings
All photos (5)
The Help
Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, a southern society girl returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a small Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up -- to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance,… Show more
Created by
Movie Theaters & Showtimes
Write a Review
Hot Tickets
More »
ON SALE NOW
-
Fri 7/19 7:00p
-
Tue 8/27 7:10p
-
Thu 6/27 7:10p
-
Sat 10/12 7:00p
-
Fri 9/27 7:00p
-
Fri 7/19 7:10p
Three summers ago, I went to visit a friend in West Texas. She took a group of us to a restaurant in a big, well-appointed country house. At some point during the meal, one of us saw something alarming. A ceramic statue of a squat black woman was propping open a door. It was the sort of figurine that sums up a particular strain of race in America. The owner was a tall white woman who looked 50 in a very young way. When I asked her about the statue, her face lit up. “Oh, mammy,’’ she said. “Isn’t she wonderful?’’
(Full review)