The Help

[violetpretty]

Saw it on Monday at an advance screening with my alumnae chapter. A few thoughts:

*Way too many chocolate pie jokes. Not that it grosses me out, it just seemed like it was overdone.
*In the book, all 3 main characters narrate, but in the movie, I feel like Minny's "voice" was reduced a little, and she became comic relief in many of her scenes, especially with Celia.
*The only major change I noticed was the reason for Constantine leaving. The book's reason was considerably more heartbreaking.
*Also, if Hilly is 22, which we can assume since she grew up being friends with Skeeter, and Skeeter finished college (4 years, what an eternity)...how the HELL does Hilly have a mother who is old/frail enough to be put in a nursing home, especially since women back then/in that part of the country have kids in their late teens/early to mid 20s??? Hilly's mom would have had to be like 50 years old when Hilly was born.
*None of these things interfered with my enjoyment. I liked seeing the characters come to life and thought it was well cast.