How many times have we heard those words? How many times have we used them ourselves when bemoaning life not going our way? I think we can all agree the number is embarrassingly high.
But so many of us have no real concept of what unfair treatment really is, of discrimination, racism and sexism. We have never been forcefully segregated from the rest of society because of our skin colour, and we have never been payed less than a dollar a day for a full days' work.
This film takes us back to those shameful times when the African American population were fighting for equality, when great leaders like Martin Luther King, who spoke about dreams that could change the world, were gunned down by white supremacists.
It is a period of history that many would like to forget-but we should never forget! Our children and our children's children need to be taught about it in schools and be exposed to movies such as 'The Help', so that we never repeat those shameful mistakes again.
'The Help' is set in a small Mississippi town during the 1960s and follows a young southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer.
Skeeter (Stone) begins to turn her home town upside down when she observes the discrimination of the black women who have spent their entire lives raising the children of white parents-giving them all the love in the world, only to have the children they raised grow up and treat them like second class citizens.
Disgusted by the abuse the black community continued to suffer silently under, Skeeter convinces Aibileen-Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper to open up and have her experiences anonymously written down.
Soon Skeeter's differing attitude towards the black community is noted by her friends and life-long relationships begin to hang in the balance. As more women begin to courageously contribute to Skeeter's and Aibileen's collaboration, unlikely friendships emerge and a sisterhood forged in the fires of adversity emerges.
This movie moved me to the core, leaving me both humbled and inspired by the characters stories. I laughed and I cried-It was a wonderful change from the action packed big budget hero movies filling the movies at the moment.
There is some light profanity and a small bit of violence, but no gore. Being set in the 1960s, it is a fairly clean movie with some intense scenes that act out the discrimination against the African American population.
If you want to quality acting supporting a powerful and poignant story, then I recommend you buy yourself a ticket to 'The Help'
I rate 'The Help' 5 out 5
Language light
Violence light
Gore none
Sexual references Light
Drugs Light
Fantasy themes NA