Easily the most powerful movie of the year so far,
The Help is the believable fictional story of Jackson, Mississippi during the beginning of the civil rights movement. The story centers on Skeeter, a recent college grad with aspirations of becoming a writer, and the to worlds she's caught between. On one side is the Junior league and racist white Jackson, on the other side are the ranks of black workers who are treated as less than dirt. It's a familiar theme that's been studied in American History classes for decades, has been made into many movies of varying quality, and is still unfortunately alive in some people's minds and hearts. However, the way this story was approached, cast, and filmed made it magnificent. I have no idea how close this was to the original novel by Kathryn Stockett, but if the pair follows the normal 'the book is better than the movie' trend, the novel must be absolutely amazing.