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The Help
2011
· Movie
· 146 min
B
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #632
- IMDb #214
- Google retired #110
- Rotten Tomatoes #1411
- Metacritic #1573
- Letterboxd #649
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2381
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #622
- Metacritic Critics #2212
- Metacritic Audience #596
- Criticker #1042
- Douban #99
- Kinopoisk #88
- AlloCiné #116
- Trakt #84
Every rating
57–96
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 57, highest is Google on 96. Critics average 68, everyone else 82.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In 1960s Mississippi, an aspiring writer decides to write a book from the point of view of the Black maids, exposing the racism they face while raising the children of the white families for whom they work. She forms a tentative alliance with several women who risk their jobs and safety to tell their stories.
Details
- Director
- Tate Taylor
- Writer
- Tate Taylor
- Based on
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- Studio
- 1492 Pictures, Harbinger Pictures
- Released
- 9 August 2011
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 146 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Box office
- $216.6M
- Awards
- 41 wins, 58 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 99 →5 major awards won · 41 wins from 99 nominations across 35 ceremonies
| 84th Academy Awards 2012 | Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 2012 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Octavia Spencer | Winner |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2012 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | The cast | Winner |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2012 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Octavia Spencer | Winner |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2012 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Viola Davis | Winner |
| 84th Academy Awards 2012 | Best Actress | Viola Davis | Nominee |
| 84th Academy Awards 2012 | Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
| 84th Academy Awards 2012 | Best Picture | Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan | Nominee |
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Screen Actors Guild Awards
4 nominations, 3 won
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | The cast | Winner |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Viola Davis | Winner |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Octavia Spencer | Winner |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Octavia Spencer | Winner |
| Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Viola Davis | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | The Help | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | "The Living Proof" ( Thomas Newman, Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas ) | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
84th Academy Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Winner |
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild
1 nomination
| Period Film | Mark Ricker (Production Designer) | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Award
1 nomination
| Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Brunson Green | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Adapted Screenplay | Tate Taylor | Nominee |
Black Film Critics Circle
5 nominations, 5 won
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Tate Taylor | Winner |
| Best Ensemble | The cast | Winner |
| Best Picture | The Help | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Winner |
Women Film Critics Circle
5 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Winner |
| Best Ensemble | The cast | Winner |
| Best Movie about Women | The Help | Winner |
| Josephine Baker Award | The Help | Winner |
| Best Actress | Jessica Chastain (also for The Debt ) | Nominee |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
8 nominations, 3 won
| Best Acting Ensemble | The cast | Winner |
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Tate Taylor | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Sharen Davis | Nominee |
| Best Picture | The Help | Nominee |
| Best Song | "The Living Proof" | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Ensemble | The cast | Winner |
| The Gene Wyatt Award | The Help | Winner |
| Top Ten Films | The Help | Winner |
Satellite Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture | Viola Davis | Winner |
| Best Ensemble | The cast | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Octavia Spencer | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Tate Taylor | Nominee |
| Best Director | Tate Taylor | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture | The Help | Nominee |
African American Film Critics Association Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Winner |
| Best Picture | The Help | Nominee |
BET Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Winner |
| Best Movie | The Help | Winner |
Hollywood Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Ensemble of the Year | The cast | Winner |
| Hollywood Breakthrough Award | Jessica Chastain | Winner |
65th British Academy Film Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Winner |
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Tate Taylor | Nominee |
| Best Film | Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Breakthrough Performance | Jessica Chastain (also for Take Shelter and The Tree of Life ) | Winner |
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Nominee |
| Best Ensemble | The cast | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Nominee |
People's Choice Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Favorite Movie Actress | Emma Stone | Winner |
| Favorite Book Adaptation | The Help | Nominee |
| Favorite Drama Movie | The Help | Nominee |
| Favorite Movie | The Help | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Winner |
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Tate Taylor | Nominee |
| Best Cast | The cast | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Choice Movie Actress: Drama | Emma Stone | Winner |
| Choice Movie Actress: Drama | Viola Davis | Nominee |
| Choice Movie: Drama | The Help | Nominee |
American Film Institute
1 nomination, 1 won
| Movies of the Year (1 of 10 listed) | The Help | Winner |
BMI Film & TV Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Music Award | Thomas Newman | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain (also for Coriolanus, The Debt, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, and The Tree of Life ) | Winner |
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Ensemble Cast | The cast | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain (also for Take Shelter and The Tree of Life ) | Winner |
New York Film Critics Online
1 nomination, 1 won
| Breakthrough Performance | Jessica Chastain (also for The Tree of Life, The Debt, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, and Coriolanus ) | Winner |
Palm Springs International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Breakthrough Performance Award | Octavia Spencer | Winner |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain (also for Take Shelter and The Tree of Life ) | Winner |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
5 nominations
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Nominee |
| Best Picture | The Help | Nominee |
| Best Song | "The Living Proof" | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
4 nominations
| Best Cast | The cast | Nominee |
| Best Gut-Wrenching Performance | Bryce Dallas Howard | Nominee |
| Best On-Screen Dirt Bag | Bryce Dallas Howard | Nominee |
| Movie of the Year | The Help | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Nominee |
| Best Ensemble Performance | The cast | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress | Viola Davis | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Tate Taylor | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Nominee |
| Most Promising Filmmaker | Tate Taylor | Nominee |
London Film Critics Circle
2 nominations
| Best Supporting Actress | Jessica Chastain | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Nominee |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Octavia Spencer | Nominee |
Motion Picture Sound Editors
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR for a Feature Film | Dennis Drummond, Kim Drummond, Laura Graham, Scott A. Jennings | Nominee |