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The Help



This is for Jackie.  Happy Birthday.


Never heard of the novel of the same name before, but it’s one I will look at.  The Help is about Aibileen a hardworking housekeeper in 1960s Mississipi, who with the help of local white writer Skeeter Phelan talks about her life as a black servant in a time of extreme racism.

I really liked it.  Some parts moving, some insightful, it’s a beautiful looking (and sounding – the score is lush throughout) film cinematography to a beautifully serene score. It has the right combination of tearjerking moments, pathos and humour.  A tear in my eye was found.
The female cast are amazing. Bryce Dallas Howard and Sissy Spacek especially, And check out Jessica Chastain who plays Celia Foote – she is BEAUTIFUL and going to be a star.

The Help



Award season on will be a decent one for this film I think, mainly for acting I think.  Go see it.



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Alton loves film. He is founder and Editor In Chief of BRWC.  Some of the films he loves are Rear Window, Superman 2, The Man With The Two Brains, Clockwise, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Trading Places, Stir Crazy and Punch-Drunk Love.

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