+XenaAmazon ik how she feels i tried to make friends out of the wrong people as well during high school and boy oh boy was i happy not to be friends with them

She was far too good for them. Celia is kindness itself, and Hilly is pure evil, and those other women are mindless sheep for letting Hilly run them.

CraftyLittleDevil A

XenaAmazon well that's how life is....people are bad. That's my now

XenaAmazon yes I know..they're not worth it for Celia at all especially Hilly the racist bitch even Elizabeth Leefoot too that dumb slag!!!!!!

IKR I just want to hug her. She is so good and kind and loving, she deserves everything she dreamed of, and she gets treated like Typhoid Mary by Hilly and her group, and can't even have the baby she wants so desperately. So unfair, but at least she has a husband who truly loves her, and a good friend in Minny.

Mine too. Especially since i know somewhat how she feels :(

@@dreamerofbooks9773 Awww...I'm so sorry!!! 🥺

I'm glad Celia had a friend like Minnie.

she is so pure, but girls like her today are treated like shit

In the book there's a bit more detail about Johnny and Celia. He worships the ground she walks on. He finds out about Minny alot earlier than in the film. He comes home early one day and meets Minny who who panics but he's kind to her and asks her to not say a word to Celia that he knows about Minny working for them and just carry on as normal. At the benefit someone makes a remark about how hot Celia is and Johnny gives him a warning not to disrespect his wife. The guy then compares Hilly and Celia and Johnny replies that it was like moving from the Antarctic to Hawaii. It's also hinted that Johnny knows exactly what Hilly is like because when she goes to talk to him she's all sweetness and light but she makes a cutting remark about Celia to his face he answers icy poite and cuts the conversation off pretty quick. I really recommend reading the book it's a brilliant read.

@@wickedwitchoftheeast88 yes, exactly I read the book. Amazing indeed.

@@wickedwitchoftheeast88 i think i need to read the book again

Yeh I bet Johnny saw right through Hilly.

@@Redwoodtree34567 yeah the book is really good. Let one of my students borrow it but sue never gave it back!

Kris J this is the type of feminism that I stand for, put it where your mouth is and show that you care. Although Jessica has always been like this

That's really cool, props to her.

Not just that, Octavia hinted that she believed Jess took a big pay cut in order for her to be paid right, and she hid it from Octavia.

Sarah D2 she did the same thing for Jada Pinkett Smith!

Kris J Wow! When Octavia Spencer won The Oscar, I noticed her mouth saying "I love you", when Octavia embraced her just before walking onto the stage to accept her Oscar. It was so genuine. I thought her spirit was so loving. She was also nominated in the same category and her reaction when Octavia won was in support. She wanted her to win. I never knew this. Beautiful.

Couldn’t have said it better...

In the book there's more detail about Celia and Johnny. Johnny actually adores Celia. He finds out that Celia brought in help much earlier in the book as he returns home from work early one day and meets Minny but asks her not to tell Celia he knows and carry on as normal. He also tells someone at the benefit that going from Hilly to Celia was like moving from the Antarctic to Hawaii.

You BETTER PREACH!!!!!!!!!

But then why should WE care what bullies want? Isn't what the individual needs more important?

@@robyndismon394 What I meant was, don't let bullies beat you down from enjoying your personal happiness. Celia thinks if only Hilly would like her, she'll have friends and be accepted by everybody. But Minnie is letting her know that the only way Celia would ever make Hilly happy would be to (literally) give up her own personal happiness (being married to Johnny). Minnie is basically telling her more-or-less what you said, that she shouldn't care about pleasing Hilly. Instead, she needs to focus on surrounding herself with people who already like her (Johnny and Minnie).

Sylvia Silas i thought that as well maybe she was thinking, i hope she doesn't crap in my chocolate pie too. Lol

Celia was like, Rule #1, No chocolate pies. ✅

@@tylerdurden639 haha 💯💯

Hahaha, I was thinking that, right at the moment when Celia turn her eyes before turn her head to Minnie

@@memc0282 right!!! She probably thinkin oh she crazy crazy haha 😄

me too! i cry at every scene

I couldn’t agree with that statement more.

They are best friends and don't even know it

I love it that Celia is the most wonderful white woman in those times and compared to him they have a beautiful friendship with very humanitarian day love it

I guess it was a blessing in disguise that Ms.Hilly fired Minnie

deathknightrevan 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Ikr, looking at her like she was crazy.

@@pyro_77ygh24 girll... baking your own feces into a pie and serving it to the public *IS* crazy. thats why celia looked at Minnie that way. "lord i have this crazy woman in my house"

109367 what was the Terrible Awful?

For someone who cooks your food to tell you that...

@@AngelRodriguez-tj7xt I'll have to put this bluntly. Minny put her fecal matter in a chocolate pie and fed it to Hilly.

Fool Slayer not exactly... She just handed Hilly the pie and watched as Hilly’s greed did the rest. TWO slices!!

@@Bandomeme If I was Hilly I would become a recluse and leave society because that’s another kind of embarrassment. How you could eat someone’s shit AND enjoy it! 🤣

Yeah, but Hilly had a lot of status and Power and I'm sure that the Ladies were scared of her. Remember in The Neighborhood, there was a Kid whom everyone hated but was scared of and if he/she turned on you, it was horrible. Believe Me, I've been there.

Yeah. I see what you're saying.

Hilly is the proverbial "big fish in a small pond". Every town has at least one. They have to stay in their little pond to rule though. If they were suddenly dropped into a bigger pond, they'd lose their control and status. Hilly is really a pathetic creature in so many ways.

whutzat I was thinking the same thing to be honest. She does have power in Jackson, but what if she were to go someplace bigger? How easy would it be for her to remain in control then? Not very much I'd imagine. Hilly is a really dislikable character.

They're all just afraid of Hilly because she wields so much power there in Jackson and because of her relentless, vicious pursuit of those she dislikes. Hilly is a classic narcissist: capable of pretending like she has loyalty, admiration, and love for her friends, but she uses it to guilt-trip them. And she only befriends and helps those who can help her get ahead with her agenda - which is sadly to be the "Queen Bee" among her troop of women. She's the kind who is at the perpetual stage of a twelve year-old. Pathetic, really.

William Craig III 😂

I noticed that, too!! 😁😂🤣😄😆 That was too cute!!! 🥰

😂😂😂

That was the time. Back in the 50s-60s people in the south with large properties left doors and windows open not just to keep air circulating, but because their wealth allowed them a sense of security. You also typically knew everyone in town so someone just showing up wasn’t a big deal.

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Really? I can't wait!

It's awful that /that/ is even still a thing. Goes to show racism is still out there..

​@@mediocremaiden8883 Ahna O'Reilly plays Elizabeth Leefolt, and Jessica Chastain plays Celia Rae Foote.

@Sefiyah Osumah OH LOL I was half right? Eh? Very sorry ☺️

It's also so pathetic for Hildy. She'll be scheming her whole life to attain some ideal while the world and probably her family moves ahead. Meanwhile this couple build a good sweet family because they strive for love and happiness, not being a elitist trophy.

​@@komal146And yet it was still Hilly and those dumbass trophy wives that got kids they didn't deserve, while Celia lost all 3 of hers. Sometimes life is really unfair

@@yakone1379 I know I would love to think that after the movie ended Minnie left her abusive husband and she and the kids moved in with Celia and her husband who doted on the kids like they were their own.

I can see why Johnny chose Ceila over Hilly. He fell in love with Celia's inner beauty as well as her outer, he saw she was such a kind hearted warm, loving person, and probably knew what kind of woman Hilly was and who she would become and noped out of that relationship. He didn't cheat on Hilly, he just dumped her horrible ass, she just wanted to drag him and Celia through the mud because she didn't get what she wanted.

@@littlesongbird1 Well Minnie did leave her husband, it's stated in the movie that Celia's words and the dinner gave Minnie the courage to leave her husband. As for the kids moving in, that would be nice to happen.

we hope to see them together again :)

Me too 😔

Me three

Me four…

Me five

Me too and life taught me it was better a meal with my cats than with fake people ...

I highly doubt it.

In the book, Minnie seemed protective of Celia.

I thought that too. Lol 😄

Naaah Celia was way too sweet for Minny to even think of such a thing......they both came from a lower background. Different color of skin but same circumstances when it came to being an outcast of society.

This is the best

Actually, in the book there was a small scene before the ball where Minny tried to encourage CELIA to reach out to Skeeter because she recognized that they were both decent people. However, Celia brushed her off because she was so desperate to fit in and mistakenly thought Hilly was her only avenue to acceptance. Like I said, it was a small scene but it stuck out for me because I could relate to it.

@@smcmary1757 Also, didn't Skeeter think she looked tacky?

@@hpmoody everyone think celia is rustic and stupid even minnie. because she came for the poorest place

What's the point of including her if they don't share the similar way of life? If she didn't want an uptown life, then why does she want to be pary of an uptown group?

@@canesugar911 she wanted acceptance. Having not grown up in the same environment she felt insecure and overcompensated to try to make up for it.

Pete Finch I know. I just want to wrap her up in a big hug.

Right

How is call this movie?

@@malgorzatapiekarska1193 “The Help”.

@@gabyaeberli7057 Thanks

Could we all agree that this is one of the best movies ever, and the book is amazing?

omg i've just realised they never had a scene together 😮

I think they did eventually!

I think she respected Minnie enough not to.

Its has nothing to do with respect for laughing, I guess she is thinking this could happen to her if she mess with Minnie. lol

Or it's like this: She's a very kind person and she's shocked that anyone can do something like that even if they really hate the person.......

To me her face look like she wanted to break out laughing when Minnie told that story lol oh but I bet she was really laughing when she sent that check to "Two Slice Hilly" 😂

I know right!!

*writes

Minny exposed Hilly's nature and whilst the tidbid of the chocolate cake did scare Celia, it also gifted Celia some knowledge/power over Hilly.

Fallen Angel 😂

Johann Griggs I think it's because Celia has white privilege (and money privilege after marrying Johnny) but instead of being like those other white women, she stayed a nice person.

Johann Griggs oh they do. But Minnie does something about it because she knows. Celia is so innocently naive that she can't see why. It's like watching a child be mistreated by their friends, really.

I think people don't like the way minnie and the maids were treated too. But i think people feel bad for miss celia is she just is SO innocent almost like a child. She just wants friends and to know she has meaning to her life.

Johann Griggs Just because people can recognize the misery one person is in doesn't mean that they're discrediting the struggles of others in any way. Obviously the maids have it much worse than someone who's being bullied. But it's not a competition. Skeeter is a sympathetic character too; everyone but Hilly and her minions are deserving of empathy in some way.

Yup and everyone is like it’s because she’s so sweet and naive. Oh yeah well try being fully aware and conscious of your subservient position every single day of your life and still getting your ass up and making it through with nobody saying aww poor baby and coddling you. That’s a whole hell of a lot harder, but that’s our experience.

I saw her speak at Albany, she's absolutely lovely and so funny :)

Barbie Movies455 That must’ve been so exciting! ♥️

Dorian Graye dumb asssss

Surfer 1988 Yup.

Same