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What keeps this film from total perfection is it starts very slowly,so much so that after 15 minutes I wanted to move on to something else.That's why I took but 1/2 star off.Well once it grabbed me I went willing along for a emotional "chick flick"ride.Now the 50's and 60's has been explored many times before,in fact,I reviewed a film called"the Painting"and well,this subject has been done 100 times before.Than why rave about THIS film?? Well,first off,its really from a woman's perspective.Best done film from that point of view I can recall.Second,the cast.Viola Davis as Aibileen Clark does earn her Oscar,however,there are 2 other worthy performances as well.Octavia Spencer as Minny Jackson and I be loving me some Emma Stone as Skeeter Phelan .The rest of the cast are outstanding as well,but,the main focus is these three woman.What did truly surprise me is that Disney made this film.Are they growing up finally??Released in 2011 its a little long at 146 minutes TILL it starts rolling,then its over before you realize it.
Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up -- to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories -- and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly -- and unwillingly -- caught up in the changing times. Written by Walt Disney Pictures
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Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up -- to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories -- and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly -- and unwillingly -- caught up in the changing times. Written by Walt Disney Pictures
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