Have you seen the movie ‘The Help‘ or read the book by the same title? Girlfriend Jennifer Buehrle Williams shares her thoughts on the story and her experience living in the south in this great guest blog and movie review of ‘The Help.’

It’s not often I find myself so riveted to a screen that I can’t find two minutes to scoot out and take a quick pee break. But there I was, sitting smack dab in the middle of a crowded theater on a Saturday afternoon, my bladder full to bursting (damn those movie-sized sodas) but unwilling to stumble over the 60+ year old women flanking me on both sides to make a quick exit to the ladies room.

Such was the hold “The Help” had on me. I didn’t want to miss one second, not one sassy comment, not one meaningful sidelong glance. Every nuance of this movie was important to the telling of the story. The good, the bad, the ugly, the funny. Even at 2 hours 17 minutes, lengthy by current movie standards, I just knew if I missed one minute, I would have missed something important. That is a credit to Tate Taylor’s screen adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s best selling novel of the same name.

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