the help

I was on the couch sick last week, so I took the chance to get caught up on some of the movies that my boyfriend doesn't necessarily want to watch - and one of those was "The Help".  I have to say, I thought this film was awesome. Here's the official description - "An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African-America

In its second week of release, strong word-of-mouth and positive reviews propelled ‘The Help’ past ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ to take the number one spot at the box office this weekend, while ‘Apes’ moved to the number two slot. ‘The Help’ earned $20.5 million, while ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ pulled in $16.3 million.