The Help Movie Review Essay

This movie is about Aibileen, who is one of many black women in the US South who work and raise the children of the prominent or well to do White Southerners. Aibileen with her best friend Minnie and a bunch of other maids work with an inspiring writer Skeeter to write a book of interviews about what it's like to work for White families from their (The Help's perspective).

The Message of this film hands down is courage, courage to stand up and do whats right no matter what the consequences maybe. Once the viewer is in tune with the film they would be able to see that this movie carries the message of courage throughout the entire film. One scene that proves this message is when Aibileen is at work one morning and tends to her boss's baby Mae Belle and finds that Mae Belle had been left in her soiled diaper all through the night. In the next scene with Aibileen at home sitting and talking to Skeeter at the table is clearly worn and distraught and says She started with courage to say " I reckon I'm ready...to talk about Miss Leefolt now... Baby girl don't get her diaper changed `til I get there in the morning. That's `bout ten hours she gots to sit in her mess... I be so worried about her on my day off. I always come in an hour early on Mondays... Mrs. Leefolt shouldn't be having babies... Write that down." Viola's face conveys this
The ending shows Aibileen leaving work after standing up for herself and being fired walking down the street facing, embracing and looking forward with courage to face the future. The courage is noticeable in Viola's face and body language. Through her acting and through the acting of the cast you feel the pain, sadness, happiness, worry, joy and accomplishments. The acting is superb and takes you back in time as if you were there and apart of everyone's