‘The Help’ moves easily from page to screen

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Octavia Spencer, right, and Viola Davis are shown in a scene from "The Help."

Chase Wade

Octavia Spencer, right, and Viola Davis are shown in a scene from “The Help.” (Dale Robinette/Disney/The Associated Press)

It is often very hard to make a good book into a good movie, just ask the people who made “The DaVinci