The credits start to roll and the lights come up. The room is silent.

“I think it was a wonderful movie,” freshman Rachel Cavoto said. She had seen The Help, a story about a women named Skeeter Phelan from Jackson, Mississippi writing a book about African-American maids working in white households in the early 1960s. This movie was based on the book by Kathryn Stockett.

“[The concept] was good, it was about accepting other people,” sophomore Deborah Halpern said.

“Abeline [was my favorite character] because she was the most willing to go out and speak her mind,” said Cavoto. Abeline was the first to tell the story of her life as a maid to Skeeter. My favorite character was Minnie, the second maid to speak up. She was funny and had a very strong personality.

I was not completely satisfied at the end of the movie, though. I wanted to know what happened to Skeeter, Abeline, and Minnie but other than that the ending was good. I would definitely recommend this film to other people. Cavoto had a different opinion about the ending.

“Yes, I was satisfied at the end,” she said, “I would recommend it to everybody else.”