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Help

  • TV Movie
  • 2021
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
13K
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Stephen Graham and Jodie Comer in Help (2021)
Help tells the moving story of a relationship between a young care worker who forms an unlikely bond with a patient who has early onset dementia. When the coronavirus pandemic hits in Spring of 2020, their worlds are completely upended.
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Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hits.Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hits.Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hits.

  • Director
    • Marc Munden
  • Writer
    • Jack Thorne
  • Stars
    • Stephen Graham
    • Jodie Comer
    • Ian Hart
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    13K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Marc Munden
    • Writer
      • Jack Thorne
    • Stars
      • Stephen Graham
      • Jodie Comer
      • Ian Hart
    • 148User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 2 BAFTA Awards
      • 12 wins & 13 nominations total

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    • Sarah
    Ian Hart
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    Andrew Schofield
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    Sue Johnston
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    Ellis Howard
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    Angela Griffin
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    Alicya Eyo
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    • Director
      • Marc Munden
    • Writer
      • Jack Thorne
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    10losanatuisawau-979-435245

    It's nothing but the truth, an insight on what care homes actually went through during the pandemic!

    I can't exaggerate enough over how well this film was put together. Not only mentioning the fact Jodie Comer has yet again done an amazing job with this role but her and Stephen Graham's chemistry really brought the characters to life and showed us what it was like having dementia and caring for someone with dementia. Trust me, it's not easy.

    Working in home care myself, i have been in the middle of the struggles working through the pandemic. For those who don't understand why carers don't get much recognition, the main reasons are in this film. Not only did they mention facts at the end, but also the true emotion of the monologue at the very end makes you realise how bad it is within the care industry. You know it's about to get real when Jodie comer breaks the fourth wall.

    This film is such an eye opener, i would recommend it for anyone. And thank you Jodie comer and Stephen graham on your performances, pure talent.
    9nancyldraper

    Tender and terrifying

    Wow! This drama is a little too close to the truth. As I watched it, in Canada, we are entering the 20th month of the pandemic and what they are now calling the 4th wave. The pandemic is now a new way of life but this movie takes us back to the ignorance of those initial months and, I confess, I cringed at every false move we watched play out and relived some of the trauma I underestimated when going through it. The story is tender and terrifying. The performances are brilliant. Jodie Comer deserves highest accolades and awards for her delivery (for those who have only seen her perform in borrowed accents, it will be a treat to hear her speak in her own native, Liverpudlian accent). For those viewing this in the UK, this seems to trigger political outrage, but, I think, worldwide, we were staggering in the dark and I'm not convinced any political party would have charted a better course. We simply didn't know and were ill prepared. I give this film a 9 (superb) out of 10. {Drama}
    7ks-60500

    No help

    Just a powerful movie showing the situation in a elderly care house during covid outbreak. Been read news but can't imagine how brutal scenes it could be. All scenes are real I believed and painful when watching this. Good movie to bring is truth and reality. Real hero for what Sarah did and all nursing along.
    8michael-kerrigan-526-124974

    Did it need the final third?

    Just watched Help. Excellent. Thought it was a bit far fetched in the final third but the great acting by the ubiquitously brilliant Stephen Graham and Jodie Comer made up for that. Jodie Comer has earned Hollywood should she wish - I hope she doesn't go there... Think it would've been better as an hour long drama set in the care home only. Did not need the final third. Was enlightening though about the care profession and made me think. 8 out of ten.
    8rlbala

    Hard to watch.

    A powerful film that shows the hard truth of how care homes were ignored and left to survive on their own.

    Jodie Comer and Stephen Were phenomenal in their roles. The acting felt real. A true masterclass in acting and never sliding into over dramatic acting which I feel could have happened if they weren't these actors. Jodie and Stephen deserve all the awards.

    Hard to watch but a must watch.

    That one scene ( the night shift) that will stay with me for a long time.

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    • Trivia
      Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham had previously worked together in the first episode of Good Cop (2012). While filming that episode, Graham was so impressed by Comer's performance that he proceeded to call his agent Jane Epstein while on the set. Following Graham's recommendation, Epstein later met with Comer, who was a relatively unknown actress at the time. She became her agent, which led to a boost in Comer's acting career and also to a close friendship between both actors.
    • Quotes

      Sarah: *They're not patients, they are residents. And they are mostly fucking dead.*

    • Connections
      Featured in Jeremy Vine: Episode #4.185 (2021)

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    • Release date
      • September 16, 2021 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Channel 4 (United Kingdom)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Сиделка
    • Production companies
      • Channel 4 Television
      • One Shoe Films
      • The Forge
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      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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