The Help

The Help

   After being on the waiting list for a few months for this at the library I finally got it the other day.  Now this was not a bad movie, it was actually pretty good.  However, the majority of the movie just left me mad.  It was hard to watch how these maids were treated and what they had to go through.  I am way to young to remember when racism was really bad but we still see it today and I can't stand racist people and this movie just emphasized that I feel.  It was interesting in that way that it was told from the view of the maids and it was easy to hate the horrible white women (except for Celia & her husband, played by the gorgeous Mike Vogel and obviously Emma Stone's character).  Especially the character played by Bryce Dallas Howard-she was terrible!!  I really have to wonder if the white actresses had a hard time playing these characters because I honestly don't think I could do it and I for sure could never use the 'n' word, I can barely hear it let alone use it, in fact I have never said it and never plan on it.  The story and the plot were good and there were several funny parts but overall, it was a difficult thing to watch and I honestly don't know if I would suggest it.  I do think it's a good thing for someone my age (23) to see because we never saw racism that bad and also for older people that did live through that time so that they can see what these maids and colored people in general really went through.

XO, Lauren