5/10
There really isn't much to say about a movie like The Help - if you've seen the commercials, you've seen the movie. About the only worthwhile thing here are the performances - Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis and Jessica Chastain are all very good. I like Emma Stone in comedy roles but I thought she seemed kind of out her element here - like a kid trying to play grown-up. In terms of the white guilt films Hollywood loves to churn out, this isn't nearly as offensive or braindead as The Blind Side of a couple of years ago, but it has zero artistic merit and doesn't strive to convey any more of a message than can conveniently fit inside a 2-minute trailer. So watch that instead and save your self 2 and a half hours.
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