Though it fails to fully engage with its racial themes, The Help rises on the strength of its cast -- particularly Viola Davis, whose performance is powerful enough to carry the film on its own.
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Tate Taylor
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Viola Davis
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Director -
Tate Taylor -
Executive Producer -
Mark Radcliffe , Tate Taylor , L. Dean Jones Jr. , Nate Berkus , Jennifer Blum , John Norris , Jeff Skoll , Mohammed Mubarak Al Mazrouel -
Screenwriter -
Tate Taylor -
Distributor -
Walt Disney -
Production Co -
1492 Pictures , Harbinger Pictures -
Rating -
PG-13 (Thematic Material) -
Genre -
Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Aug 10, 2011, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jan 1, 2014 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$169.7M -
Sound Mix -
SDDS , Dolby Digital