The Help Movie Analysis

The movie “The Help” is based on the book which I have never read even know I bought it. The only thing I know about book was the basic facts which is that it was told by the black women who were maids in the 1950s and 1960s. But I knew it was written and published by a white woman. That is all I can say about it. And I’m glad, because it gave me very few assumption to go with. Before I go on I won’t be laying any spoilers here. Because when people do that, I want to kick them in the butt. Everything that I will mention are strictly about the movie not the book however the reviews I read are really good concerning the movie and the book. The film was set in Jackson, Mississippi, in the 1960s, at the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. Racial tension was high, and at the core of everything that was going on in this town. The Black women who were maids in that town, not only clean houses of their bosses, but they practically raised their children too. So far, they were only seen as “HELP”. They were treated poorly and …show more content…
I thought it was very educational once people saw the big picture when everything was included in the movie. These women were not just maids or nannies, but people who made real impact in the lives of those they helped raise therefore it was amazingly awesome all together. Octavia Spencer’s character was hilarious without even trying to be at times she brought some comic relief to this film, especially with a running thing that involved a pie not a pie in the face but she put human feces in the pie and brought as a gift one of her mean bosses. You have got to see it to know exactly what I am talk about. I am glad they added a bit of humor to the movie because it lightened it up when needed, and kept it from feeling really