The Help
Movie • 2011 • Drama
ReportAibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.
This movie contains 40 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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not abandoned but neglected
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A woman is abused by her husband.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Some neglect of a child and a child spanked off screen for making an honest mistake but the child can be heard screaming and crying which is triggering to some (myself included)
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Addiction
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demeter1993
A little bit of cigarettes and alcohol.
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darkwingedove
Also Stuart is a drunk!
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A chiken is killed with an axe but shown from far away.
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A chicken its held by its feet and is flapping around trying to free itself. Its bring carried to have its neck cut for dinner.
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A chicken gets killed off screen but you hear it briefly
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More punched than slapped but yeah.
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A Black woman is restrained by two policemen
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Is there decapitation?
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A chicken is decapitated, but it doesn't happen on-screen.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Doglover911
Kind of, its not shown but a character talks about how her son got ran over/crushed by a car or something
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demeter1993
A character tells a story about how her child died.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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Dracos002
Not sure if it counts, but Hilly's mother has dementia, and I'm pretty sure her actress does not.
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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demeter1993
The person that was pretty much the parent of the main character (because her Mom wasn't actually a parent, letting a maid do everything).
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Does someone cheat?
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Crow75
It is implied that it happened in the past, but not clear if it is true.
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BubblegumKnives
A woman vomits in one scene, but you cannot see it and it's not very graphic. It is also very quick.
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darkwingedove
A child is left in her diaper for 10+ hours
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Someone literally eats someone else's poop-
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Law Enforcement
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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DevinA
But it is mentioned that a character was institutionalised in the past
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Crow75
But there's a terminally ill side-character. And a doctor visiting another character.
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Is there menstruation?
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moonbasket
Technically miscarriage, and there is lots of blood.
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Does someone have cancer?
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darkwingedove
Eugenia’s mother has cancer and is shown to have hair loss because of it
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Noxious
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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darkwingedove
A lot of very racist comments
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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darkwingedove
*Spoiler* Celia miscarries in her bathroom. There is a lot of blood
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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darkwingedove
A couple people are pregnant, Celia miscarries
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Is there childbirth?
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Crow75
There's pregnancy and miscarriage, but no birth is shown.
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Are there abortions?
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Katla
A woman has a miscarriage
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Crow75
A character psychologically or emotionally abuses her mother because her mental state started to deteriorate due to her age.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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darkwingedove
There are a lot of them, said by white people in an aggressive manner
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Does the black guy die first?
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Dracos002
Constantine, one of the first maids shown in the movie, dies of heartbreak after Skeeter's mother fires her.
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Is there hate speech?
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Crow75
Racism is a main topic. Misogyny also features.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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There is making out but no sex.
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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darkwingedove
Eugenia’s mother has cancer
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darkwingedove
Holly’s mother is shown to have either dementia or alzheimer
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Dracos002
The ending's a little bittersweet as Aibeleen gets fired from the family she worked for for many years but she goes on to become a successful writer.
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Violence
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Katla
Celia has a miscarriage
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Is there gun violence?
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There’s a short story about being threatened with a gun and there are news about a person being shot. Neither is shown onscreen.
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