We really enjoyed this movie! We're both of the age where we remember the marches, the racial tensions, etc., so we could appreciate the characters' fears and the danger they faced. The movie walks a thin line between being humorous (i.e., telling tales) and describing what it was like back then (e.g., segregation). I wonder if today's "kids" can appreciate this movie, if appreciate is the right word?

I always like to read the books first.

I just got home from seeing it, and it was wonderful. I have to look up now to see who Cicely Tyson played and who Sissy Spacek played. I know who Ron Howard's daughter played.

I believe Ron Howard's daughter played Skeeter. It may have been Sissy Spacek who played the one who ate the pie or her mother. Will have to check.

Yes! I loved it! I had read the book and the movie was just as good!

I just checked. It was Ron Howard's daughter who played the one who ate the pie and Emma Stone who played Skeeter. Cicely Tyson played the one who raised Skeeter and I believe Sissy Spacek played the mother of the one who ate the pie.

Yes -- I've seen the movie and have the book to read. Really enjoyed the movie. I heard the book was even better.

I haven't seen it yet, but did read the book "with my ears" on my IPod as I was woking on a quilt. Then came the Quilting Fairy Godmother post, and I got the pattern, with the book still in my head this is what I envisioned. http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-138577-1.htm

Now I NEED to see the movie!

I used to have a white 61 Rambler, it had a push button pad on the left to change gears!! It was my first car, just like the one in front of Hilly's house when she had the party. My Dad worked for American Motors for years. Good times back then.