I thought the book was "OK", but the movie really, really works. Sorry, I know there will be a lot of naysayers because of content, but I was very pleasantly surprised. It appears it caught almost everyone by surprise.
I went to a theater that had one screen planned to show; and every single seat.. every single seat, even as close as you could get.. was filled. Enough that they bumped something else to put it on two screens, and that was sold out (it's always nice to see a 12 screen movietheater with a sharpie sign above the door to note the movie)
Some great performances in here, and it really works, characters are enjoyable, the acting is good, and it is an experience best had with a crowd.
It effortlessly moves between outrageously funny and solemn. I don't know of any film I've seen this summer that had a joke go over as well as the big punchline moment in 'the Help', which absolutely, 100% brought the house down.
A-
I went to a theater that had one screen planned to show; and every single seat.. every single seat, even as close as you could get.. was filled. Enough that they bumped something else to put it on two screens, and that was sold out (it's always nice to see a 12 screen movietheater with a sharpie sign above the door to note the movie)
Some great performances in here, and it really works, characters are enjoyable, the acting is good, and it is an experience best had with a crowd.
It effortlessly moves between outrageously funny and solemn. I don't know of any film I've seen this summer that had a joke go over as well as the big punchline moment in 'the Help', which absolutely, 100% brought the house down.
A-