A difficult film about the acute social problems of American and European society, which have been going on for a very long time. Even today, racism cannot be said to be defeated, because today conflicts arise over the “wrong” skin color. Although today’s society has become more tolerant and life is much easier, it’s not safe to say that racism is no longer a problem. And if you can find people in our midst today who consider others to be nothing, imagine what the situation was in the past. Americans began to struggle with their prejudices because of the people represented in this film. Because of them, the thinking of ordinary citizens began to change, and they realized that black people are people, and that their rights are the same. And today people are right to throw light even on such dark episodes of history.
Thanks to the fact that the director was Tate Taylor, a friend of the author of the novel, which was filmed, we got a really great adaptation. On his shoulders lay an incredible responsibility, as he could not let a friend down, probably. All the moments, both positive and tragic, were played, the plot was developed, and it seems that there should be no questions left. And there should be room for reflection, and the director left the viewer a lot of room for this. Therefore, the picture is not easy to call, it is heavy, it reveals the difficult life of black people who were in a lower position simply because they were born this way.
The main characters of the film are fearless and strong women, led by a young writer Skitter, who decide to confront the crowd and seek justice. In these heroes, we see an incredible force that will help them resist human callousness. Returning home from school, Skitter learns that her nanny is no longer in the house. Suspecting that something is unclean, he learns the bitter truth that it was her mother who kicked the nanny out of the house. This, and the frequent treatment of blacks as slaves, causes her to begin a great cause. How much a babysitter means to children, sometimes she becomes related to the mother, who is all in "public affairs."
It is surprising that a little less than a hundred years ago, in a developed country like the United States, there was racial discrimination. It was amazing how white people treated black people, and there was not an ounce of conscience or respect for them in their actions and conversations. They did everything for them, even raising their children. All these people were under the influence of herd instinct, which told them to be like everyone else, that is, to laugh at blacks. And among all the inhabitants there were few people who thought freely and treated them as ordinary people who had the same rights. People like Skitter and Cilia Foote believed that they occupied the same hierarchical level in society, regardless of skin color. Brutally surprised by the laws at that time and the fierce struggle of some people, Hilly for example, for the division of the country's population on the basis of race.
Despite the serious central theme, the film found a place for humor, which affects the overall atmosphere. Other than that, there are no fast-paced scenes, action scenes or anything like that. The film moves slowly, but the audience will not feel the burden, because the dialogue in this film decides a lot. The dialogue is fierce when it comes to Skitter and the others, or very emotional when it comes to Skitter’s conversations with the maids. The main task of this film is to show that there will always be people with a pure mind and a kind heart who are able to think and who do not lend themselves to the general direction. These people can be like Skitter, fierce fighters, or like Celia, people who do not care about race at all, for whom the inner world of a person is important.
Touching was the finale of the picture, the moment when the nanny and the child will have to separate, but they both do not want it. What kind of love should there be between them, and what a strong attraction that they become so attached to each other. And even the mother understands this, but is not able to change the decision, because she is under pressure from the “elite” of society.
It is impossible not to mention the brilliant cast in the person of Emma Stone, Jessica Chastain, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis. Enchanting and piercing game, which reaches the most delicate strings of the soul and plays a magnificent melody.
The Maid is a very powerful and wise film that everyone should watch. This is a story, not of all mankind, but very instructive.
Once again, I catch myself thinking that reading a book before watching its adaptation is not the best idea. In fairness, it is worth noting that the film adaptation, not inferior to the original source, is rather an exception to the rules and such screen adaptations, one has to witness quite rarely. We can’t say that the movie “The Servant” turned out bad, but the person who read the novel of the same name by Catherine Stockett involuntarily has to compare the original source and the film adaptation.
The Maid tells the story of a young girl named Skeeter Phelan who returns from university to her hometown in Mississippi. The absence from her native places opened Skeeter's eyes to many of the prejudices that her native Jackson lives by - primarily racial inequality.
The plot of the picture, with the exception of some minor changes, almost completely corresponds to the novel by Catherine Stockett. The problem of racial inequality and racial segregation was very acute in the 60s in the United States, and especially in the southern states. Of the minuses of the picture, I would note the not quite convincing acting of the actresses who played the roles of Miss Hilly and her entourage. I also did not like the visual design of the film, that is, the picture itself, in my opinion, the film is performed in too bright colors. Otherwise, it turned out not a bad movie, which reflects the reality that took place in the South of the United States in the 50-60s of the twentieth century. Of course, Catherine Stockett’s novel is more atmospheric and deep, but I think that almost all viewers will enjoy the picture of Tate Taylor.
7 out of 10
When I was interested in The Help, I was surprised to see that there were only two sides to the film: black oppression and a large number of female characters. They say this film is all so American and politically correct. They complain about the length and sentimentality of the plot.
Don't believe me. This film is very good (in terms of art) and correct (in terms of meaning). First of all, there are so many great actors and there are no fake faces. Secondly, the sequence of events, although not perfectly verified, but still logical and perceived easily - does not distract from the essence, from the content of these events.
What happened in those years in our time is simply shocking. Separate schools, separate buses, separate toilets? But that’s exactly what black people did in the sixties. Unskilled low-wage work, employers are assholes, and there is no way to complain about their lack of rights. If you lean out, welcome either to prison or to the next world. Being a woman in those years, too, was not very promising - in the southern States looked at you as an amazing thing, ready to jump out of the marriage.
A black woman? Oh, shit, you're very unlucky.
“The Servant” simply and frankly shows what it is like to find yourself in a situation where even your barely bearable existence is considered happiness. When you can’t even say that you’re not happy with something.
This irrepressible segregation now seems savagery, and fifty years ago anyone who dared to speak out against it was considered immoral and brazen. Therefore, the young main character of the film, the journalist Skeeter - doubly, no, three times brave girl. First of all, she went to her goal, no matter what. Secondly, it has not compromised its own principles. And third, and most importantly, she decided to ask questions at a time when other people in her circle were thinking up all the unknowns and frightening each other with terrible stories about uncontrolled Negroes.
Not to mention the courage of Abelin and Minnie, who risked everything they had, not just a well-selling reputation.
There is something else in this film – the very “large number of female characters”, because of which the labels “female” and “sentimental” are sculpted without looking at it. This is not the proverbial “women’s look”, but a small slap in the face of that time, flying after a big, anti-racist time, when the female role was reduced to a beautiful picture shining on the screen, and all the real achievements fell to the lot of men. Does that make the film any sentimental? Nope. A woman who has lost a son, a woman who is beaten by her husband, a woman who is attached to children raised from infancy are not sentiments, they are elements of a great social drama.
This film is not just about black women. And not just America. All films made with an eye on the distant years, which seem wild and strange to us, teach us to look at what is now in a different way - just look at who is now being poked at, who is now being called to be lynched, and you will understand what is wrong with this world.
“Maids” should be watched if you do not think that other people’s problems should be shown only as long as it does not bother you. However, if you believe that films about such things should be serious, drawn-out and shot in a gloomy gray-brown scale, this film is not for you either. "The servant" - the film is light in form and heavy in content, which is very harmoniously formed into one, beautiful and sad, picture.
Stockett’s story, retold with charming carelessness by Taylor, reminds us, among other obvious truths, that early motherhood is fraught, racism is vulgar, and unattached women are dangerous. No matter how much some provincial town may wish for change, it will not begin until a conditional slob with a university degree, an infantile irritation with mother/men/universal injustice and an ineradicable craving for sublimation appear on the horizon. And then before you blink an eye, the respectable black maids will start timidly swarming and shaking your dirty laundry to the amusement of the New York publishers, instead of sticking it in the washing machine.
Trying to approach The Help with common sense is like giving up the second piece of Minnie Jackson’s caramel cake. Even if there is a suspicion that not only Mexican vanilla may be in the filling, sweetness remains sweet. Taylor reveals to us a motley, a little caricatured, very feminine world, whose inhabitants move their fingers, play bridge on Thursdays and eat eggs with paprika. And the underside of this world is dark and glossy, like the skin of those who “drink coffee too often.” When he tells the story of America’s daughters trying to spread racial segregation to restrooms, he himself never crosses the boundaries of decency, does not strike a drama, does not make scenes. Here husbands beat their wives half to death, supporters of civil equality die on the streets, but all this is served by slurs and omissions, in the frame there is a sunny facade of reality. Jessica Chastain learns to cook, pukes on the floor and loses children. Allison Jenny, dying of cancer in the background, tries on wigs and fights with an insufficiently feminine daughter. Sissy Spacek puts the nuds in place between Alzheimer's attacks. Strong women in delicate situations, which are not customary to mention at receptions.
Only Davies is allowed to be tragic, and she takes advantage of this opportunity, playing on contrasts, masterfully moving from the stereotyped (as white people see them) funny “negritoska” gossiping in the kitchen about Miss Hilly’s fat ass, to a bitter and self-esteem African woman. Looking at it, you unwittingly open the thoughts of the film, the usual gravity of the humiliating little things of life, about which it is necessary and impossible to remain silent. But, unfortunately, as you open and close, just past another strong episode. After all, the film smiles and waves again, and if the white miss can not whine, planting rose bushes over the graves of the unborn, then why not silently try the soup with a separate spoon. Compounding the problem, the filmmakers included only a few of the great variety of “racial stories”. Stockett. Left behind the scenes as pitch horrors, like hands burned with bleach in the name of the love of the hostess to hygiene, and good stories about friendship and understanding. Perhaps there was not enough timekeeping or did not allow the soft-female tone taken. But whatever the reasons, the consequences were not long in coming: the trees hid the forest, the sought-after panoramic was obscured by the private question of who stores his spoons where and over which toilet straightens his skirts.
Remaining a very pleasant and qualitatively made film about the underbelly of our everyday life and the need for daily moral choice, "The Servant" obviously profane the actual theme of segregation, turns it into a colorful fountain of personal life. The alleged possibility of suffering for the truth at the hands of racists seems unrealistic. New jobs are found, yesterday’s tears are forgotten, and the prospects of growing from babysitter to writer don’t look so bleak. Of course, running down dark alleys for fear of reprisals is no joke, but morning comes and it seems that fear has big eyes. The only real thing is the lying Hillie Holbrook, her toy ballot, her handy white citizen advice. Get the bitch down and it'll be okay. Almost anyway. Maids swarm less timidly, gossip pours on paper, a sharp topic helps to sell what, under a different sauce, no one would be interested. After all, when burned "freedom buses" are shown on TV, it is news not only how much Miss Elizabeth underpays her black servants, but also how often she changes her baby's diapers.
The Household is for me the best film that touches on the subject. The film is very bright, with a very lively cast, an interesting plot. Undoubtedly, one of the leading films, where there is no single main male character.
I watched this movie by accident, there is nothing to do. And strangely enough, since then I have been revisiting it periodically. The film is partly sad, but leaves a pleasant impression after watching. Despite the fact that the film lasts more than two hours, during viewing, there is never a desire to switch, largely due to the good acting of all, without exception, the heroines of the drama.
The film is bright, interesting with a delicious milk and chocolate cast.
America. '60s. Racism. Here are the main components of this film.
In addition to Hollywood action movies, America has learned to make films based on real events, or rather problems, for which it was itself to blame. Which, perhaps, is not a bad thing; to recognize the problem, and besides, and to put on the world's display - what strength and courage! All of us, of course, will discuss this, we will regret it all, then we will praise it (this important topic was raised!), we will forgive and forget it. Another well-thought-out PR move. America, as always, wins. Bravo!
For me, this film is first of all political, then it is a wonderfully thought out costume film, and only then, everything else - "philosophical" reflections, comedic situations, melodramatic line.
I, in any case, do not want to belittle the merits of the cast: Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer – made to imbue with respect and empathy, and Emma Stone pleasantly surprised (after the “Excellent of easy behavior” did not expect to see her in this way).
By and large, the film is not bad, designed for the mass consumer (even pop, if you will), but not bad. Pleasant bright and kind (at first glance) atmosphere, ideal houses, where perfect families, women live, are also ideal - from nail tips to hair tips, Hollywood smiles, hospitable hosts ... straight Stepford wives! But, behind this perfect utopian picture, there is something immoral (as it should be, according to the law of the genre) - the atmosphere is heated to the limit; in celluloid families (as if descended from American advertising posters of the 60s, where the whole family miraculously eats breakfast and smiles in all 32 teeth), not everything is so cloudless; behind the strained smiles and hospitality, lies, distrust, cowardice and stupidity hide.
In general, propaganda, propaganda and again, propaganda. For 2 and a half hours, we are told what is good and what is bad, they show who needs to empathize and who to hate; everyone was served in such a chewed form that there was no room for their own thoughts and conclusions.
I don’t like to think for me, so I’m going to make a movie.
5 out of 10
The film takes us to America in the 60s. A young heroine who has barely graduated from university begins to write a book that should help defend the rights of blacks and glorify the girl as a writer. She tries to make contact with the servants to tell everyone what it is like to be at the bottom.
Eugenia Filan (Emma Stone) from the first appearance in the frame begins to dispose of herself. She is sweet and charming, but at the same time smart, determined and hungry for justice. Her first allies in the difficult struggle she finds in the person of Aibileen (Viola Davis) and Minnie (Octavia Spencer). Previously, these actresses were known only for episodic roles, but this film certainly reveals their multifaceted talent. They love and hate with all their heart. These feelings convey to the viewer, and now the hearts of the heroes and spectators are beating in unison.
Eugenia’s relationship with the opposite sex is very vague and confused, but the relationship with the mother, on the contrary, is shown very touching and detailed.
Frankly speaking, the film turned out well. From the visual series to the musical accompaniment, everything seems to be time and place. Separately, I want to note the game of Emma Stone, who personally touched me to the core.
To the atmosphere, Emma Stone and all oppressed black women
10 out of 10
A girl of 6 years in school smeared in chocolate. Another girl (negro) decided to tease her:
- You have a face in chocolate!
You have a face full of chocolate!
The girl was accused of racism, the complaint was recorded in the record, the case was given a move, the parents were called to a showdown.
The case in the British county of Kent
In my bright pioneering past, I knew that black people were being abused in America. I read Uncle Tom's Cabin more than once, and have been suspicious of Kentucky and Mississippi ever since. And so, in anticipation of the paroxysm of righteous anger against the oppressors with a democratic grin, I began to watch the acclaimed tape “The Servant”, marked by a dollar of the common American people and a field of greening likes in the homeland of the dark-faced Pushkin. Minutes added up in hours (decent movies always last more than a football match along with additional penalties), and the noble rage did not boil. No, colored comrades, of course, were exploited. They worked as much as five days a week, for eight continuous hours, paid them a pitiful two hundred bucks (in the sixties, you can not buy a normal tablet for them), and, most importantly, did not allow them to use the master’s toilet, and after all, any employee, if he does not directly shit the boss, feels inferior, clearly.
But it didn't spark. White masters were suspiciously kind, wrote bestsellers with maids, gave toilets to fined employers. However, according to rumors, Kenny was shot through the window, but the prooflink for some reason was not laid out. And the fecal account also developed in favor of the oppressed, curious to Google the word “coprophagia”. But after all, billions of flies can not be mistaken, so turning on the reverse, I carefully revised the picture, ahead in the rating of users “Heart of a Dog”, “Terminator 2”, “Gone with the Wind” and other endlessly adored films.
And secrets hidden were revealed to me. It turns out that all white Americans in childhood did not know the affection of the mother. They were raised by mothers with African roots hired for a dollar or two. The servant selflessly loved his wards, inspired by the fact that they are “priceless and charming”, then the children grew up, the nurses were fired, life is unfair. And what is the scene of farewell to the unwise black woman expelled for free speech? Cams, drumming into the window glass, respond with a refrain directly to the heart. Sorry, Akita Inu, your bright image has been replaced by an even brighter one.
But, putting on the altar of viewing the whole day off, I could not understand what in the “Maid” from India and what from the United Arab Emirates, because these countries, along with the mandatory States, are the creators of this tolerant work. No one danced in the scene of unfair dismissal, no one threw a veil. The world is full of secrets inaccessible to the spectator. And that’s why director Tate Taylor was not trusted to shoot a new Spider-Man or Silmarillion, the mind is incomprehensible. Not every native of Jackson, Mississippi, in the strength of five in the square of millions of invested material means to get six in the cube of millions of profits. And a bunch of nominations. These producers are weird, right?
In the end, the good triumphed. Bad whites had a pimple on their lip, good blacks had a higher salary, and they were allowed to ride on a different subway. Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians" was renamed "Ten Little Indians", the Niger River to African American, the US president canceled the solarium. The list of undiscovered masterpieces reproachfully languishes "Django liberated", "12 years of slavery" and "Clash". With headphones, Michael Jackson sings songs by Louis Armstrong.
Racism is when a white iPhone is worth more than a black one.
Am I going to believe all the bad things the fools say about me today? ?
I really like these movies. They will always be popular: will a year pass, will the century pass?
'60s America. The atmosphere of those years, I think, was wonderful. White people still treat black people like slaves, although almost a century has passed since the Civil War.
The topic is a happy “sick” for the States, but I want to note how far they have gone: now no one dares to treat African Americans like this.
But many countries should learn how to take such a huge step in their development.
But let’s go directly to the artistic values of the film, and it has plenty of them.
First, an acting ensemble that could give a head start to many casts. Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer are all clear and clear, there is no doubt that these actresses gave their all, and that they showed the greatest and soulful acting.
But Bryce Dallas Howard opened up to me here in a new way. It's not "Manderley," it's her new role -- a vile, stupid, arrogant woman -- that's where you start hating her from the first minutes of the film. Bravo, Bryce!
A complete contrast to her-Jessica Chastain. Oh, I've been losing to actresses for the last time and understating their performance. So does Jessica, but she plays better in this movie than anywhere else. Naivety, sincerity of this girl in this imitative, I would even say to the world of some again "Stepford wives" (you'll see what I mean) - only here everyone indulges Hillie (Howard). Oh, Chastain, you amazed me!
Well, Emma Stone is on the way to something great. She played the role well enough.
The music in the film gives a tone to each individual frame, like an artist who adds paint to a blank canvas.
Look at the picture, you will not regret it.
It’s not often that you see films that touch on such a common theme. “Salvage” means people who help everywhere and in everything, but are not entitled to anything more personal. And they were usually seen in TV shows. Now the world is too self-sufficient, but perhaps those corners with such rich people in the picture have survived in our time, in whose houses such workers of the invisible front work. For us simple people, this will never become reality. It will go down in history. Watching a movie is an interesting story.
From the first shots with your head plunge into the imaginary world. Or rather, not invented, but actually existing in the last century. The atmosphere, the spirit of that time, of the rigid laws reigning in society is conveyed with thorough accuracy. It’s like the mysterious story of Benjamin Button. And immediately you realize that in front of you is a masterpiece deservedly nominated for the highest award of academicians.
How much do we know about the history of the “black” immigrants who have been striving for social equality for decades? The picture shows a terrible reality - these are people who always remain in the background. For example, in the film I learned that someone has husbands and families, and even children in school. But this is shown so little, as if casually mentioned, that one begins to empathize with these people, deprived, it seemed, of what is necessary, to which all without exception have the right. But not them. Not in those years.
The picture shows not just the history of lives. Life is in the details. In all natural and forbidden manifestations. Deeply penetrating one where there is a ban and what can not be said. The foundations of an elite society, highly moral people who think more about their status than about their growing up, and at the same time “alien” children. Hate. Loyalty and doom. And the hope that needs to be given. A hope that will change the world.
Not a bad film on an important topic, but to a powerful drama does not reach, shot too beautifully, melodramatic episodes a lot, and clearly delayed (2.5 hours). The relations between the white and colored population of the state are shown one-sidedly, it seems that all black people are only women - peaceful and kind servants, men and their behavior in various situations did not show at all (except, it seems, one old man, and people who came to church). The life of these servants does not look so terrible, in our country about such living conditions and work in warmth and cleanliness (until 16:00!), many do not dare to dream (if I am not mistaken, this is called “politically biased”). If you wanted to show a really hard life, you had to shoot something else and put accents quite differently. And in general, the 60s, as far as I know, were not at all the most terrible in the confrontation between “the” and “these.”
Black rights activists are portrayed as complete fools: what’s the point of not letting you use your toilet if this woman is cooking you food and you trust her with the most precious thing: a baby? What are the special diseases of these people? Then go ahead and do it yourself! The film clearly shows that the division by skin color is absurd.
Stylish melodrama, nothing more. Is there a need for such an aesthetic picture in such a topic? Judging by the reviews, the book is stronger.
For a long time I had this film on my shelf. The reason is simple: it's a little scary, I thought, to start watching a movie about racial discrimination. It is scary in the sense that the creators will again begin to “knock out” a tear from the viewer. But when I looked, I realized how wrong I was.
First of all, the film looks in one breath (and that’s in a more than two-hour format). I didn’t even want to be distracted by a cup of coffee, which is small, but it is an indicator.
Secondly, with a certain drama, the film is not without humorous scenes. This is important when in a serious film there are episodes where even if you do not laugh, you at least smile.
Third, the plausibility in which the film is shown makes it classify as historically valuable paintings. What I feared was missing from the painting.
I can't help but think of Octavia Spencer. The genius of her game is amazing. The facial expression of the actress causes a smile, whether it is anger or indignation, jubilation or laughter. I would like to wish her success after such a huge number of episodic roles.
In principle, everyone tried: both the actors and the entire film crew led by the director. I wanted to spit in the face of every glamorous girl, and this is also small, but an indicator of the skill of actresses.
The Americans themselves once brewed porridge, replenishing the “stocks” of the United States with new slaves. Years will pass and more than a dozen films will be made about it. “The servant” is a very good example of these dozens.
The conclusion, which suggests itself, is quite simple – we are all the same. Blood is red, we have two hands and a nose, eyes are located above the level of the nose, the thumb helps in all the operations that we perform with our hands. Skin color is almost the only difference, but it can not affect the situation in society.
I recommend this film to anyone interested in American history, the struggle for equality between blacks and whites, and anyone who just loves movies with great acting.
A soulful drama about the life of black maids within the small town of Jackson in the southern state in the 60s of the last century. Where racial prejudice has always been strong, and at a time when there was a large-scale struggle for the rights of black people in the United States. This film became the winner of the most prestigious cinematic award in the world “Oscar”, and in fact was shot by Tate Taylor, director with almost no experience, on the novel of the debutante in the literary field Katherine Stockett (already a little secret for anyone that Taylor is a childhood friend of the writer and bought the rights to the film adaptation before the book was started!).
The narration begins without special iridescent illusions: a young girl named Skeeter Phelan (already known as Emma Stone, roles remarkable for her in the future) is under constant pressure from her mother, who is convinced that it is the duty of any resident of their city to get married and do housework between meetings with neighbors and discussing the latest news and gossip with them. Skeeter, in principle, does not agree with his mother and to prove his identity, arranges a journalist to lead a column about help in the household. To do this, she meets with a lonely and experienced black maid Aibileen Clark ("Viola Davis"), who gradually reveals the secrets of farming, and then pours out Skeeter's soul. As long as Skeeter receives only useful information for his column, everything seems to be frank female tabloid fiction, but when the main action shifted to Aibileen and her friend, also a black servant named Minnie Jackson, the action turns into a deep socially directed drama. A drama about the humiliated and insulted begins.
From the moment the main plan is given to these actresses, the volcano begins to crouch inside out of sympathy and out of hostility, even hatred. Sympathy naturally applies to Aibileen and Minnie, as well as the rest of the minions, who are forced by the color of their skin to exist in the horror of segregation. Talentedly played roles by actresses, and I include them and Emma Stone, created a flawless inner world of tears and emptiness, which still decided to show us. Carefully concealed by a veil of talk about equal living, this world opened up and showed who in the US lives well. A little story of Skeeter, a little naive girl, but with a character, and managed to reach the hardened hearts of people living around, but everyone so hard pretended that they do not exist, treating them a little better than animals. The African-American actress was presented to the highest and most prestigious awards in the cinema, it is worth admitting that they deserved it, and one of Minnie’s lines still beats in her ears, as the personification of revenge for all the undeserved dirt poured on her.
I mentioned above that when you watch a movie, both empathy and hostility wake up inside. I already said for sympathy, but what kind of dislike? And this is the behavior of the heroine Bryce Dallas Howard, the daughter of director Ron Howard, in the image of a bitchy lady Hillie Holbrook. This insignificant creature managed to embody the actress! You know, throughout the film, when her insidious designs were at work, I wanted to give her a good slap so that this Hillie would remember her forever. Unpleasant character, but he had to play so that when watching the emotions triumphed, and Howard played a very strong role. It was like a complex of all the bravado, narcissism, impunity and cruelty of the white people in the ancestral territory of the Indians. The multi-layered role went to Jessica Chastain, who stormed to the top of the Hollywood Olympus. An extraordinary character, with his pain, which can not be understood immediately. To the trio of superbly played female roles, I add the characters of these two actresses, resulting in a magnificent female ensemble.
Well, despite the fact that I described the film in such lofty tones, I do not give it the highest rating (it is believed that I almost sinned in this way), although there has long been a noticeable trend – if the score is below “10”, then you are like a soulless person who does not care about the heartbreaking stories of humiliated and insulted people, let alone women languishing from segregation. That's not true. I accepted and felt the dramaturgy of the action, but, firstly, no matter how twisted, "The Servant" is purely American cinema, we, let us not forget, are not "glorious" in the history of the slave-owning system, and, secondly, it is a purely female cinema, designed for their fragile souls and touching hearts, that is why my assessment:
8 out of 10
At the end, I would like to say a few words about the external surroundings of the film: the light, selected in the sunniest colors, instantly plunges into the heat of the American south, and plus serves as a great contrast against the background of the main characters of the film, so that we, so to speak, feel. Thank you for your beautiful hair and costumes.
- What if you don't like what I say about white people?
Ever since the Academy Awards, I’ve been eager to see this movie. Now finally reached hands, and was the right mood to view the new products.
I want to say right away that the 60s cause a storm of emotions in me. So I couldn’t not watch this movie. And my expectations were justified-relied before reaching the middle of the picture. Tate Taylor perfectly managed to convey that time, those people (there are echoes of Adam Schenkman’s “Hairspray”). Colors - hairstyles - cars - clothes - food - room furnishings. Everything is very warm and colorful.
What can not be said about the lives of the main characters... It is noteworthy that in the film all the main roles are female, men here seem to fade into the background, a feeling of their presence is created, but the main thing is the fate of a woman. Skeeter (the heroine of Emma Stone) immediately knocks out of the society of powdered spoiled nerds, to whom she should belong because of her position. She's different. She is not interested in these meetings, dinner parties... and most importantly, she does not put herself above the servant, above people of a different color. It's like her cross, her mission, to tell the world about the fate of those black women in the service of white families. And this story will have the right effect.
The whole movie is a struggle. Fighting against the foundations, fighting against ourselves, fighting fear. And the vaunted whites don't win here. And every heroine is a character that is perfectly lived by actresses (thanks for this by Emma’s call, beautiful Viola, restless Octavia and stately Allison): these jokes in the kitchen, these tears about dismissals, this happiness of meetings, this fear for relatives. Everything is so believable and sincere that you smile with them or worry about them.
The film's downside, perhaps, is its somewhat naivety in pitching. The sharp corners are rounded, the folds are carefully ironed out, the scuffs are polished to shine, and there's some sense of cringe. It's too nice. The 2-plus hours I dedicated to this film were not wasted. I saw the truth, albeit directorial, but such. I believed in this film, in the heroes, in that recreated world.
9 out of 10
I remember seeing a book on a bookstore shelf that had a frame from that movie on the cover, but I didn't buy Catherine Stockett's book. So I just saw a movie telling me a story about the difficult lives of black people in the twentieth century. Recently, there are often films on the subject of slavery or inequality, and it is nice that such moments of our (and not only) life are remembered. The inequality between blacks and whites is a scary and interesting topic for thought or the plot of the book. So, this story tells us about several girls living in Mississippi in the 60s. About a young writer, about arrogant, arrogant girls, about the fabulous Jessica Chastain and about kind, strong women, better known in a wide circle as servants.
I love this story! In addition to the harsh reality, there is a strong good side, which contains things so wonderful and pleasant that you do not want to see the end of this film. I like the very realization that there are people in this story like Skeeter, Aibileen or Mini. It is so pleasant to watch the bright thoughts in Skeeter’s head, and so sad to watch two maids raising other people’s children and not seeing their own. What each of them did was amazing. Everyone does great things and always thinks about others, helps, does not do or says bad things. They're amazing! And the fact that together they decide to achieve justice is quite impressive. From the very first minute, the film fascinates with its flowers and the work of the operator. The picture is really unusual. It feels like it’s all happening in front of your eyes.
The cast is brilliant!Emma Stone Here opens up a new side, I think for many. The character is serious, although it looks quite funny, but in any case, Stone coped with his role. Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer are the main servants of the film, amazing heroines. Each of them I liked and each, in this case, deserves a statuette, because Davis with his role coped amazingly, she makes literally shake, and Spencer, with his insolent but funny Mini, and so deservedly receives the award. But most of all, I was impressed and impressed by Jessica Chastain. I’ve only seen her in one movie, so today she’s more than just a nice revelation. Her character is a very kind, naive girl who wants to get pregnant and learn how to cook. She looks beautiful, sexy and always smiles. Chastain doesn't look like herself and is very happy about it.
"The Help" is a dramatic, but at the same time very pleasant story that you want to see and see again. Built on such complex relationships and different characters, it is addictive and impressive in its scope. After all, the film begins so calmly, and ends with a long road and tears in my eyes. A story in which there are strong and brave people fighting for truth and justice. The picture is definitely good, and I recommend you to see it if you are a fan of one of the actresses or like serious topics with such a vivid vision of the problem.
God says we must love our enemies. It's hard. But first you can tell the truth. (c)
There are films that take your soul, and you think about them a lot and remember them for a long time, and all this can be said about this movie. It is filled with so much injustice, pain and despair that I really experienced a real drama when watching, which will feel good and remember, because the director presented it to us so gorgeously. The servant is a touching drama that touches on a dangerous and sensitive topic, which was well revealed in this story, showing all the little things and the necessary nuances. We see the South of America in the '60s, and here whites are still arrogant and put them at nothing, especially black servants. We see two heroines, black maids: decent and positive women, who experience various humiliations and insults every day at the work of rich housewives, but everything changes when one rich girl is going to write a true novel based on their stories and show the country what injustice and interracial prejudices still reign at this time. We see a deep history filled with meaning and grief at the injustice of black women whose story takes heart.
The film is excellent, and it is shot qualitatively and interesting, and its story is dramatic and touching. The cast in this film was beautiful, so the movie turned out so sensual. Emma Stone is a sweet and gentle actress, and I didn’t know her before this movie, but then I remember her well. Viola Davis is a strong and worthwhile American actress, and she has long been remembered, and in this drama she played well: very sensual and emotional, and her character I was very sorry and wanted justice to prevail. Bryce Dallas Howard chicly played the most negative role in this film, and she played believably and really out of it came a real villain. I liked Octavia Spencer the most in this film, and her character turned out to be a funny and very strong personality. The cake joke was very, very funny. It was also a pleasure to see Sissy Spacek play a small role. She once played a lot of great roles, and Spacek still likes it.
“The Help” is a wonderfully heartfelt and deep movie, in which there is so much pain and injustice that is breathtaking and it is impossible to break away from the screen, and the movie lures and does not let go of its touching and inspiring story. Cinema undoubtedly has cinematic value and undoubtedly deserves positive feedback and attention of the audience. Watch this drama, and it will take you into the history of a dark time, when equality was fought for, and many were silent and submissively tolerated all the humiliation and bullying, but justice sooner or later always comes, and for everyone in its light, and this film, I believe, is very strong and high-quality, and not to see it, means really to lose a lot.
9 out of 10
The film tells the story of a small town, which plunged into old stereotypes about people of color. They work for a small salary, do hard work, and at the same time are deprived of the usual rights of respect for themselves. Unfortunately, they lack the courage to stand up for themselves. But in the city is an aspiring writer and journalist Eugenia Skeeter. She pushes these women to talk about their world and change the old order.
The director and screenwriter of the film, Tate Taylor and Catherine Stockett, are old childhood friends who created a really strong picture. A minute ago, you laughed with the main characters, and now you empathize with them.
Octavia Spencer, despite the fact that she played only a secondary role, created one of the most powerful characters in the whole picture. She was able to convey the meaning of the film through her character.
This movie is worth watching. He is capable of motivating many things.
I can’t believe that in the 60s of the last century there were such interracial “wars”. But why should I be surprised if this happens from time to time?
The film makes a huge impression, everything that happens is so exciting that you do not even notice how 2.5 hours pass.
Emma Stone is more familiar to see in various comedies, but this role she played flawlessly! In general, all actors are very well selected and kept in their roles until the end.
This story is not just about a girl who is not satisfied with what is happening, it is a story about a man who is ready to fight for justice, whatever it takes. She is almost the only white representative who has a positive attitude towards colored servants. She doesn't succumb to so much pressure from her vulture friends. On the contrary, he asks all people of color to tell her their stories in order to create a book that will finally convey to people the absurdity of this enmity.
Although the action took place only 50 years ago, it seems that the great states were transported back several centuries, when slavery was still in use. The film tells about the humiliation of the supposedly inferior race, about how he killed the Ku Klux clan. It's all awful and unpleasant, yes, but it was.
In addition to the main character, a huge sympathy was caused by the blonde incompetent, whom the socialite did not want to take into their society, almost as well as the servant, because she is a simpleton and took away an enviable groom. Another uncorrupted soul. She hired Mini and immediately treated her like an equal. So, not only our writer, but this girl in particular, turned Mini's view of whites, and even gave hope that there are good people without stupid prejudice.
The Maid is captivating, mesmerizing, impressive, because it’s a really brilliant movie. It tells what the secular society of the 60s tried to hide.
9 out of 10
The plot of this film is not as simple as it may seem at first glance. A dark page in the history of the United States. Imagine a cute 60s town where blacks serve whites. And this is ridicule, bullying, harassment and outright racism. And no one dares to “raise a rebellion”, except for one cute person, who herself, by the way, belongs to the whites, but only among them she is, sorry for the pun, a white crow, because her dream is to become a writer, and not get married as successfully as possible.
Now a little bit about the actors.
Emma Stone has surprised me. I haven’t seen a movie with her and honestly, I didn’t expect what I saw. Very talented girl, smart, beautiful. The facial expressions are amazing.
To say that Octavia Spencer admired me is to say nothing! Honored Oscar.
Viola Davis made this film really bright. It was real.
And Bryce Dallas Howard was disgusted. And that's exactly what was needed. It was just too much of a thing.
There are many good things to say about the actors, but it is better to see them!
This is a story about how one person can change everything. Every minute of this movie hurts. Selflessness, love, courage - that is what it is filled with. It’s also about being yourself, no matter what others think. If you know this is your way, follow it! "Find your life!"
I think "The Servant" is deservedly considered the best melodrama of 2011.
9 out of 10
For this film, one of the actresses received an Oscar. And, as I’ve learned, I don’t like Oscar-winning movies. I don't know why. Maybe it seems too boring or something. Same "My boyfriend is crazy." I didn't like it perfectly. Yes, you can say as much as you like that it’s a great movie, but I don’t like it. That’s just recently I watched the film “Iron Lady”, also received as much as 2 “Oscar”, I was impressed. The idea, Meryl Streep - and the movie is a priori good! That’s why I decided to watch the “Servants”. “What if I like it?”
The film tells about the recent past, when the world was not so humane. "Colored" are servants, "white" are gentlemen. Skitter, Aibileen and Minnie are completely different: Skitter is a “white” girl, and Minnie and Aibileen are “colored” servants. But they share a common goal - to show that everything can be better, not to remain in the shadow of the problem.
Emma Stone is completely different to me. This is not a comedy role, not a cute smile, here she is a strong, purposeful girl going to a dream. Well done, Emma, she doesn't sit in one image. Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, whom I saw for the first time, did a great job in complex and deep roles. Bryce Dallas Howard played a great bitch. I just hated her, isn't that what a negative character needs? Jessica Chastain is a sweet, pretty, kind girl, a joy of soul, a bright spot among these callous ladies. I didn’t recognize her at all, although I recently saw her in “Mom” how hair color changes people! She has a different role to play here.
It’s really a big movie . How much indignation I felt watching him. Does skin color make us better or worse? What stereotypes and prejudices are, like “all blondes are stupid.” Who invented that someone can only serve, and not worthy of ordinary life? Who? Can you show me this man? What right do we have to judge people for their origin? For not being able to choose? What about a tyrannical husband, false accusations of theft? How many of these topics are covered in one movie! We can go on forever. Well, although there are good people here too, and Jessica Chastain's heroine stands out favorably.
The Maid is one of the most powerful films I have ever seen. There is a lot to think about, maybe change in yourself. It is a pity that the “Servant” did not leave all 3 Oscars. Not easy, but worthwhile.
I watched a wonderful film, with a duration of two and a half hours - as in one breath! The title of his “Salvage”, the film of 2011, is based on the novel of the same name by Catherine Stockett.
Set in the 60s, racism was a problem in the United States. Black people were feared, disdained, considered second-class people. They could only serve white people. They were constantly humiliated and insulted.
None of them could say anything, but at one point a white girl decided to help them, and she wanted to write a book about their lives. It was difficult for her to persuade these unfortunate women to cooperate, as they were intimidated, but they began to agree one by one! And then their lives were turned upside down.
The movie is about all people being equal! Regardless of skin color, social status, appearance and mental development!
Don’t be afraid to tell the truth, fight for your rights!
Everyone deserves respect.
There are many touching moments in this film that will make you shed a tear and bring a piece of good into your life.
The amazing acting will not let you get away from the screens! No wonder this movie "Oscar" thanks to actress Octavia Spencer.
There should be more such masterpieces! I highly recommend it to everyone!
In terms of acting - all without exception, the actors managed to realize "characteristic" and rather complex characters.
In terms of the main idea of the film is the idea of fighting for the right to be yourself and for the right to live your own life. And, most interestingly, the conflict between the characters was not caused by the primitive reason “one side is good and the other side is bad” – the conflict was caused by the desire of each side to live the life they believed to be theirs. In general, good literature is very much felt as the basis of this film and even the artistic nature of this literature.
In terms of directorial skills – to reveal each character, to show the growth of the main ones – without “chewing”, characteristic of modern, or simply mediocre, cinema. And what I was most impressed with was that the director didn't feel in the background: I saw people I could meet in real life and I didn't feel like it was just a movie. Empathy — the feeling that I think film art and art in general should elicit — was 100 percent present.
Still, I can’t understand what exactly, but this film lacks the slightest bit to call it a masterpiece. However, I have the courage to put
God doesn’t think about skin color when he unleashes a tornado.
It's a good, no, it's a great movie! How many feelings and emotions it causes.
I’ve never been one of those who supports racism, nationalism, so this film caused me great compassion for the colored. We as children divide people into white and colored, into good and bad, into good and evil. In fact, we are all equal!
The film makes you immerse yourself in the atmosphere of those times when "dark skin color" was in slavery. How many tears I shed and how much I was worried about this movie! I was a black man, sorry for that rude word. But there is another character that is admired - Skeeter! With her courage, her sense of fairness, and her nobleness, she has produced a book that may not change some people’s minds, but at least makes them think.
Of the actresses in this film, I was most shocked by Emma Stone. I’ve watched a lot of movies with her and she’s different and she’s amazing! I am very glad that she became one of the main characters of such a masterpiece film.
Of course, the film was stretched, too long, but despite this, I watched it with pleasure until the end.
Another bad thing about this film is that it doesn’t call for unity, but rather for black people.
Let me start by saying that this movie is incredibly good. It is quite rare that many characters are clearly developed in one film. Humor is also very correctly used, which indicates the shameful behavior of those who considered themselves bosses. It doesn’t alleviate ignorance or abuse, however, but it does make the film look more watchable and entertaining. In the film, we see the hostility and contempt that manifests itself towards maids and their white employers. The adapted script of drama is so powerful that it completely immerses us in the characters, whether we like them or hate them.
What makes this film really great is its central theme. People don't understand that racism is passed down from generation to generation. For centuries, blacks have always been considered inferior to whites. It's not a choice, it's like a stuck idea. The trouble is that people are not going to change this idea until now. In this film, white people are not evil, they are ignorant to see African Americans as human.
You can also see themes that have faded into the background. One of them is a triangle: parents - servants - children. Parents disdain their children if they are not pretty or fat enough, because they believe that they will not be accepted into society with age. Children are constantly watched by servants, with love, which is why children consider them their “mothers”.
Speaking of actresses, Emma Stone brings her character not only real sincerity, but also fervor, which makes her role boring. Viola Davis gave a brilliant performance, showing us all the sadness, fear, and hope of all the servants in one role. But my heart goes to Octavia Spencer, who is really dragging the whole movie. Not only is she constantly hilariously fun, she also captivates us with her passionate play, playing a strong woman inside, outside and... in the kitchen.
Although it’s a pretty long movie (two hours and twenty minutes), not a minute is wasted. The film's open ending doesn't disappoint, quite the opposite. But above all, it is instructive; it gives us food for thought; it gives us questions to ask ourselves; it shows us a society to which we must never turn.
“If we had free will, we would spit on everything as human beings. But no, we are servants.”
This is my first review and I hope not the last. Before I wrote, I read all the red reviews and was, frankly, horrified. I am struck by our people, who think so narrowly that they become ashamed of them. Yes, this film is American and no one else can recognize it. That is why the Russian people will never fully understand him. I don’t know what happened in America at that time. You can refer as much as you like to the fact that our country also went through such a thing - serfdom - but alas and ah, the centuries were different, the problems were different and the word "colored" was not used, because simply there was no object for naming.
I’ve always been amazed by the exclamations “The film and the book are different things,” “so much cut out of the book,” etc. Has anyone ever noticed that the credits say “based on a book”? No, why? A Russian person can only unreasonably omit a film that, in his opinion, has not revealed to him, I do not teach him, the whole essence of the problem. A film is a means for a person to plunge into a particular problem and decide for himself whether he should dive deeper. The film will never be able to reveal all the depths that the audience always craves. Few people understand this, and it is sad. Let’s get back to the movie.
I first heard about this movie from a friend. She and I chose a movie on the Movie Search and she flips through this movie. I say, "Is this a comedy?" "No. drama" "Let's move on then." That day, I was not attuned to a deep analysis of the film and the experience. So I went back to this movie today. And to say that this movie amazed me is to say nothing.
I doubt that there are many living women who could have been maids in those days. It's not about skin color, it's about mentality. The film clearly shows how these women step on the throat of their pride every day and go to this thankless job. It is ridiculous to imagine our ladies swallowing their own bile and not shouting about their rights. And they were. And we were shown that. They showed those experiences, showed what they were willing to go to just live. They put up with being outcasts and just a working unit. It was enough for them not to be touched or killed.
In one review it was written that their employers were exposed as despots. Do you think this is too much? No, it really was. Even today, there are echoes of the past in America, despite the fact that their president is black. I'm taking a little to the other steppe. I like to reason. I have to talk about the movie.
There are strong ones in every drama. There are weak ones. There are those who become strong by looking at the example. This movie has this. And based on this, we can assume that without such an example, little would have changed. There is also a negative character in the film. They are usually put in place. You can see that here, too. The law of the genre.
I'll say one last thing. The film is saturated in the meantime. Looking into the eyes of the actors becomes scary. They were so able to convey all the horror of the time that the back was unwittingly cold. But you and I will never know who it was. It remains only to read articles, books, watch movies and try to understand how hard it was for people to get recognized, to close their eyes to their skin color.
10 out of 10
For a long time, I doubted whether to watch this film - the description did not intrigue, but the high rating of the picture convinced. As a result, the film is watched and not even sorry for the time spent.
The problem of the relationship between black people and white Americans. The question is well shown and studied from different sides in other paintings.
Here is another, albeit brilliant, mockery of the ossified “higher” white society, an ode to African Americans, shown by people in the true sense of the word. But the creators do not stop there and add a pinch of life with the help of Mimi’s husband and one of the maids. It shows that blacks and whites are different. Both good and bad.
Good acting, appropriate humor, heartfelt presentation, and a perfectly conveyed atmosphere of the time! The director skillfully presents a problem situation on a plate and also masterfully and pleasantly solves it.
Everything is done to excite the viewer, but not to knock the ground from under his feet or to indignate. “The servant” gives questions for thought and really touches the living, but those who expect a break, serious vicissitudes or a sense of real life (which means without embellishment sometimes) may not even start watching. You are waiting for a light sweet with a slight bitterness.
I have long wanted to see this film. And so, on a quiet evening, I delved into watching The Help. Remarkably, this film is very catchy. I think even a man with a stale heart will find something of his own here and will definitely sympathize with one of the heroes. The problem of inequality, racism, has always existed in any country and not only in America. Black people have always been considered slaves, an inferior race, and after watching this movie, the question naturally arises: “So who is cruel, us or them?”
18 people died in Jackson that day - 10 whites and 8 blacks. God does not think about skin color when he releases a tornado.
I really liked the story. At first, it developed somewhat slowly, but soon the picture gained its liveliness and dynamism. Here is the story of two maids and a young, aspiring writer, Skeeter, who sees the abuse of black servants and decides to change this situation. In this she helps two maids - Minnie (a very eccentric person) and Aibileen. Also, I liked the color of the 60s: dresses, hairstyles, interior and the very mood transported you completely to that era. The plot touches on very important life topics about equality. It talks about how difficult it is to survive in this world if you are not like everyone else and besides, if you can not fight against it. The story of each maid was very touching. I was very sympathetic to the main characters, tears were coming in places. There were such comic moments in the drama that could not but please the viewer. In general, the film made a very strong impression on me.
You're kind. You're smart. You're priceless.
The cast in this tape is simply amazing! Viola Davis (Aybilene) just lived the life of her heroine. So did Octavia Spencer (Minnie), and their roles are not as simple as they seem! I would like to mention Emma Stone. I've only seen her in third-rate American comedies before, and I didn't think she could be in a movie like that. After this film, I looked at this actress differently, as she is very talented and coped with the role of Skeeter perfectly. In addition, Bryce Dallas Howard perfectly played the “little bitch” and the rest of her so-called “band” also served as decoration for the film. In addition, Jessica Chastain looked very organic. She played a blonde, very kind and attentive. This was the character that the viewer feels sympathy for throughout the viewing.
The film as a whole was also influenced by music. I am well acquainted with the works of the composer Thomas Newman (which, by the way, are simply excellent) and in the film The Help, the compositions perfectly conveyed the mood of a particular scene to the viewer.
Am I going to believe all the bad things that fools will say about me today?
And as a result, the movie “The Servant” is a really worthwhile movie that resembles life: the actors’ play, the atmosphere, made me believe what was happening, as if it really was. And so to touch the living can not every film. So watch it for sure, think about the plot and draw certain conclusions.
I recently decided to pull myself together and watch the movie 'The Maid' which had a hundred positive recommendations and hundreds of positive reviews. Well, let me just say that I really liked the movie. I have never seen such a wonderful and emotional picture. I want to say that the actors conveyed all the emotions that boiled inside the souls of their heroines. Let's move on to the pluses:
1 plus, of course, the cast. I was pleased with the presence of actresses Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard and, of course, Emma Stone, who probably finally decided to move to a serious movie from the world ' comedies for teenagers' I was also pleased with the presence of Sisi Spacek, famous for her work in the film 'Carrie'.
2 plus, of course, acting. Viola and Octavia managed to convey the emotions of African-American women who suffer because the black race is despised and considered a scum of society. I want to say that in this picture, each character has a core, there is charisma, there are those traits of character that attract the attention of the viewer. One thing I can say for sure: the creators tried to plunge us into the period of time when the Ku Klux Klan operated on the streets of US cities, when the nation of Negroes was treated and considered insignificant, and I want to say that the creators more than succeeded.
3 plus, of course, a plot full of colors and wonderful moments, where it was worth thinking about this or that case, where you could laugh from the heart, where you could sympathize. Seriously, this film is certainly full of bright moments in the lives of servants.
I didn’t see the negatives in this movie as such. This is definitely a masterpiece work that can be spent 2.5 hours. And believe me, you will not regret it if you truly appreciate all that is human in each of us.
I would definitely like to add this movie .
10 out of 10
At first, I thought this movie would leave me with the terrible craving I find after watching a lot of movies. But this requisition, I dare say - fear, I put it on the download.
After a few minutes, I realized it was not for nothing. No wonder I chose this movie.
Events take place in the 60s of the XX century, but even now, in the 21st century, we are faced with brutal racism. But on your deathbed you will not be seen as white or black.
Despite the time, the veiling of these problems and various support funds, you will see that the situation remains the same.
Dig into your head and try to remember when you shouted to the person 'Negro!', 'Chinese!','Jew!', and then ask yourself 'Who am I after that? Am I a good person?' Sometimes it seems to me that people will never learn to be tolerant and understand that we are all equal.
To tell the truth, not only the problems of racism and discrimination are raised here, but also the immorality ' positive' people's actions. They create a support society for blacks, but at home they build separate toilets for servants and treat them as lepers.
What is shown in the film will make you think about all this.
If you ask me: ', is this a movie?' I'll give you the answer 'Yes!'
I watched The Maid yesterday, and even now it's disgusting. No, not from the film, but from that situation, the atmosphere of every day in the life of the “white tops” and “dark bottoms”. With the help of this emotional and powerful film, we again get a visual hint of what kind of person we should be. It is necessary not to divide people by skin color, wealth, faith, sexual orientation (maybe not quite appropriate, but it is necessary to divide into People and Inhumans). When a mother puts her whole life into raising a child who loves him more than herself, teaches him by her example to be a decent person, spends all her time in hard labor to give him a better share, so that he has a choice, will you ask what color her skin is to call her the most worthy person? When a well-groomed “chicken” from high society, getting a lot of money and not knowing how to get mad with fat today, refuses a poor woman $70 in debt (!), which is not enough to educate her children, will you ask what race, nation, etc. she is, to openly hate this subhuman?
For the greater emotionality of the above, imagine: you were attacked, somewhere near the road crawling with pleas for help, but no one will come - and the air is contagious, drunkard, drug addict, etc. And then one will come, lend a helping hand, help get up, call an ambulance. Will you love this man with all your heart and be grateful to him for saving his life if he is not your nation, not like you?
Bright storylines, which are horizontal (elite, servant-servant + Skeeter) and vertical (servant-ethite) relationships of the characters, are the backbone of the film. The actors play very well, immersing themselves in the atmosphere of the events of that time. The images are surprisingly bright, juicy, so multifaceted - it is a pleasure to watch them, the development of events. Cinematography is not fantastic, it’s just magic. Unusual!
The second time, however, I will not watch the film because I am too emotional about what is happening on the screen. Inequality and injustice are tearing me apart. But immediately it is good that there are people who are not indifferent, those who come out of the herd, who go against injustice. These are the rarest individuals who will always be, admired by people and hated by inhumans.
It's very powerful, it's very social, it's screaming about morality, about humanity, and also about the dirt that lies on the opposite side of these concepts. “The Maid” is a movie for everyone, it is useful as vitamins that support immunity against Nazism, racism and other similar tumors of society. Well, if after watching you did not feel anything at all, then think – are you human?