<P> Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributed The Help worldwide through the studio's Touchstone Pictures banner . On October 13, 2010, Disney gave the film a release date of August 12, 2011 . On June 30, 2011, the film's release date was rescheduled two days earlier to August 10, 2011 . </P> <P> The film was released by Touchstone Home Entertainment on Blu - ray Disc, DVD, and digital download on December 6, 2011 . The release was produced in three different physical packages: a three - disc combo pack (Blu - ray, DVD, and Digital Copy); a two - disc combo pack (Blu - ray and DVD); and a single - disc DVD . It was also released as a digital download option in both standard and high definition . The DVD version includes two deleted scenes and The Living Proof music video by Mary J. Blige . The digital download version includes the same features as the DVD version, plus one additional deleted scene . Both the two - disc and three - disc combo packs include the same features as the DVD version, as well as "The Making of' The Help': From Friendship to Film", "In Their Own Words: A Tribute to the Maids of Mississippi", and three deleted scenes with introductions by director Taylor . </P> <P> The Help received mostly positive reviews from critics . Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 75% of 208 professional critics gave the film a positive review, with an average score of 7.1 out of 10 . The site's consensus states, "Though arguably guilty of glossing over its racial themes, The Help rises on the strength of its cast--particularly Viola Davis, whose performance is powerful enough to carry the film on its own ." Metacritic, a review aggregator which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 62 based on 41 reviews . CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade moviegoers gave the film was an "A +" on an A+ to F scale . </P> <P> Tom Long from The Detroit News remarked about the film: "Appealling, entertaining, touching and perhaps even a bit healing, The Help is an old - fashioned grand yarn of a film, the sort we rarely get these days ." Connie Ogle of The Miami Herald gave the film three out of four stars and said it "will make you laugh, yes, but it can also break your heart . In the dog days of August moviegoing, that's a powerful recommendation ." </P>

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