Alicia I love this movie so much

Lawbolisted Powerful

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

prgill A friend recently called this movie to my attention. Supposedly (and plausibly, judging from the land and street scapes) filmed in Jackson, this film brought back many memories, a few of which I shared with a writer friend from Atlanta who lives and works here in Aix.The film takes me back to my fifteenth year ('67) when I first spent time with my Aunt and Uncle in Jackson, Mississippi. In the twenty-five years that followed, to when our oldest daughter was herself 15 ('92), we must have made the drive from New Orleans two dozen times, for Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas one year, cousin weddings, notable birthdays and personal visits. My favorite activity when in Jackson was to attend First Presbyterian Church where my Aunt and Uncle seemed to hold a unique place, or walking down around Milsaps College, past Eudora Welty's home, a place my Aunt said she had visited on different occasions, I guess for tea or other women's socials. The movie reminds me of the deep greens of a nature abundantly watered, of the beautiful and mysterious black people everywhere present but with whom contact was not encouraged except in the workplace, the 1950s and 60s architecture and home furnishings that were never really a part of my background.This movie is the first I ever saw of American apartheid. (Pre-1970 visits were as a dependant child of a favorite younger brother. Subsequent visits were as a fully emancipated young adult, cousin and family man.) This movie was and remains a powerful testament to personal courage.What is missing from the film is a sense of the motivation for these behaviors. "Fear" shows itself just enough to not let you forget this was an important factor. One understands entitlement and the psychology of "otherness", but this film overstates the obvious in order to tell its story. It would not transpose easily or well to New Orleans and I suspect to Atlanta or other large southern cities where the unspoken presumption of a "shared feeling" about the other was very subtle but none-the-less important in determining social behaviors.

lordkinbote I was actually surprised that some people actually liked it. I'm not going to cut down those people 'cause everything is subjective, but I just thought that there was nothing to like about it except for the cleavage and if you don't like that, then there's nothing. I decided after watching the 3rd episode (for the cleavage) that it's best to watch this show with the mute on. I agree with the person that said that the characters are annoying. None of them are likeable, except for maybe Mindy Cohn's "the Cook". But the sad thing is that I find NONE of the jokes funny at all. I don't even crack a smile during 98% of each episode (most of that is rolling my eyes) and the other 2% is, at most, a chuckle. A sitcom that is not funny is not a comedy, it's a tragedy and it just makes you bored and annoyed. I'm gonna say the fault of this show lies solely on the writing. The actors and everyone else do the best with what they have but you can't make unfunny writing funny, no matter how good you may be. Of the actors I've seen before, I've seen them all do better elsewhere. David Faustino doesn't get to do anything but grunt so how can anyone say he's a good or bad actor from this? They give him nothing. But, it's a paycheck for the actors and good for them. I just think they all deserve work better than this. Like I said before though, to each his own 'cause some people obviously do find it funny. What really bugs me is that Wonderfalls is off the air and this show is still on. The world is topsy turvy.

ablang First of all, I love this show. This seems to be a unique idea for a sitcom. At the very least, probably an idea that hasn't been explored in a long time. There are two things one can't help noticing. 1) There is a lot of star power on this show. 2) There are a lot of beautiful women on this show. Here are the characters I love:Molly the Dogwalker (Tori Spelling). She is a sweet girl who seems to have a schizophrenic side (Jekyll & Hyde) with a mysterious past.Veronica Ridgeway (the Pop Star daughter) who actually isn't a pop star per se, but raps songs, like a female Vanilla Ice.And finally, Anna (the Nanny), who is a hot young twenty-something Russian woman who is assigned to "The Baby", who is actually a teenage boy.I hope this show lasts, because it seems to have potential.

quitefrankIy Ok, the pilot episode was mildly funny, which is rare for a pilot. However, my primary concern about "The Help" is the abundance of characters. A cast of 11 will undoubtedly prevent a shortage of material and plot twists, but it will also spell disaster for any kind of familiarity. How does anyone plan on keeping track of all these characters? I have a hard enough time keeping track of 7 strangers on the real world. Besides that, I find it hard to relate to any of these outlandish characters who are seemingly the embodiment of every negative social stereotype imaginable. Even worse, the cast is brimming with has beens and relatively new thespians. The Help will likely be remembered as one of the greatest catastrophes the sitcom world has ever seen. I expect it to be shelfed once the first season is over. Maybe the WB should invest in bringing back the Fox classic "Titus."