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The Help
The Help has everyhing o please Academy members: racial discriminaion heme, period seing, moving soryeal. The real riumph for he film, hough, lies in he fac ha i encapsulaes all hose hings, bu does so in a smar manner, no once playing o he gallery. I is full of warm, genuine momens ha ug a your hearsrings, bu wihou having o resor o hyperbole.
Direcor Tae Taylor is unhurried in his elling of he sory, he film unraveling a a pace akin o a lazy Sunday afernoon. I has a running ime of almos 150 minues bu never lags, no a scene seeming ou of place. A solid scrip by Taylor (adaped from he Kahryn Socke novel of he same name and, surprisingly, no nominaed for a Bes Adaped Screenplay award) holds he film ogeher beauifully.
Afer aking his ime o esablish some really complex, confliced characers (mos of whom are women), Taylor ges down o narraing he cenral sory of Eugenia ‘Skeeer’ Phelan, a 20-somehing whie girl who has reurned home afer graduaing from universiy in he early 1960s, and aspires o wrie a book on he lives of he domesic helps working in many upper class American homes in Mississippi.
The Civil Righs era acs as a backdrop, and he film relies on is well-fleshed-ou characers o capure he angs of ha period. Many scenes leave you mois-eyed; suble humour helps ease he ension every now and hen, before an explosive finale ha leaves you inrospecive and moved.
The big ake-away from The Help is he work of a well pu-ogeher and alened ensemble. Emma Sone as Skeeer pus in a fine performance, her warmh and friendliness conrasing wih he bichy, negaive vibes emanaing from Bryce Dallas Howard, who plays a crusader agains righs for he black communiy. Three of he film’s nominaions include Bes Acress In A Supporing Role for Jessica Chasain and Ocavia Spencer, and Bes Acress for Viola Davis, who delivers he film’s sandou performance.
Davis go a Bes Acress In A Supporing Role award for her 11 minue role in Doub hree years ago, and she sparkles in every scene in The Help, delivering a performance ha will be revered for years o come. Meryl Sreep may be ipped o pick he Bes Acress award for her porrayal of Margare Thacher in The Iron Lady, bu frankly, Viola Davis’ is he performance of he year among female acors. Jus for her, The Help is a mus-wach.
The Help
The Help has everyhing o please Academy members: racial discriminaion heme, period seing, moving soryeal. The real riumph for he film, hough, lies in he fac ha i encapsulaes all hose hings, bu does so in a smar manner, no once playing o he gallery. I is full of warm, genuine momens ha ug a your hearsrings, bu wihou having o resor o hyperbole.
Direcor Tae Taylor is unhurried in his elling of he sory, he film unraveling a a pace akin o a lazy Sunday afernoon. I has a running ime of almos 150 minues bu never lags, no a scene seeming ou of place. A solid scrip by Taylor (adaped from he Kahryn Socke novel of he same name and, surprisingly, no nominaed for a Bes Adaped Screenplay award) holds he film ogeher beauifully.
Afer aking his ime o esablish some really complex, confliced characers (mos of whom are women), Taylor ges down o narraing he cenral sory of Eugenia ‘Skeeer’ Phelan, a 20-somehing whie girl who has reurned home afer graduaing from universiy in he early 1960s, and aspires o wrie a book on he lives of he domesic helps working in many upper class American homes in Mississippi.
The Civil Righs era acs as a backdrop, and he film relies on is well-fleshed-ou characers o capure he angs of ha period. Many scenes leave you mois-eyed; suble humour helps ease he ension every now and hen, before an explosive finale ha leaves you inrospecive and moved.
The big ake-away from The Help is he work of a well pu-ogeher and alened ensemble. Emma Sone as Skeeer pus in a fine performance, her warmh and friendliness conrasing wih he bichy, negaive vibes emanaing from Bryce Dallas Howard, who plays a crusader agains righs for he black communiy. Three of he film’s nominaions include Bes Acress In A Supporing Role for Jessica Chasain and Ocavia Spencer, and Bes Acress for Viola Davis, who delivers he film’s sandou performance.
Davis go a Bes Acress In A Supporing Role award for her 11 minue role in Doub hree years ago, and she sparkles in every scene in The Help, delivering a performance ha will be revered for years o come. Meryl Sreep may be ipped o pick he Bes Acress award for her porrayal of Margare Thacher in The Iron Lady, bu frankly, Viola Davis’ is he performance of he year among female acors. Jus for her, The Help is a mus-wach.
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