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  • TV Movie
  • 2021
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
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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
    • Jodie Comer
    • Stephen Graham
    • Lesley Sharp
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    13K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,961
    2,339
    • Director
      • Marc Munden
    • Writer
      • Jack Thorne
    • Stars
      • Jodie Comer
      • Stephen Graham
      • Lesley Sharp
    • 148User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 2 BAFTA Awards
      • 12 wins & 13 nominations total

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    10dawn2022

    Realism

    What a beautiful and heartbreaking portrayal. Jodie Comer is the actress of our generation. 💜
    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}
    8mattcording

    This is what happens when governments let you down!

    My sons were in this sector and and struggled on a daily basis to perform their duties, no matter what B/S we hear from them this government this happened, and it was disgusting! This is extremely well acted, and from 2 of the best current actors in this country, both Comer and Graham are exceptional, and very ably supported by the rest of the cast.
    9paul2001sw-1

    Out of sight, out of mind

    The worst of all the mistakes of the COVID pandemic was surely the decision, taken in the UK and elsewhere, to discharge sufferers directly from hospital into unprotected care homes. That's the kind interpretation: the worse one is that, either consciously or subconsciously, the powers that be decided to write off the lives of the victims, their new co-residents, and the care workers, in the vain hope that this might isolate the problem. Jack Thorne's excellent drama 'Help' captures what it must have been like to live through this epidemic of death. A strong cast and some telling writing make for harrowing viewing; the care home owner is a particularly interesting role, although the focus is very much on Jodie Comer's and Stephen Graham's characters. What we don't see is the story from the point of view of the most vulnerable themselves; instead, Graham plays a younger man with a different (but less immediately lethal) weakness. But it's powerful stuff, and the best drama I've yet seen about the coronavirus crisis.
    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.

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      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
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