Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

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- 73/100 based on 114,194 votes
  • Released: 2009
  • Runtime: 110 mins
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  • Studio: Lee Daniels Entertainment
  • Genres: Drama

In Harlem, 1987. Sixteen year old Claireece Jones - who goes by her middle name Precious - is illiterate and overweight. She is pregnant with her second child, both children fathered by her biological father, who has continually raped her since she was a child, but who she doesn't see otherwise. Her infant daughter, Mongo - such named since she has Down Syndrome - lives with Precious' grandmother. Precious lives with her mother Mary, who abuses Precious both physically and em... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire:

Gabourey Sidibe
Mo'Nique
Paula Patton
Mariah Carey
Sherri Shepherd
Lenny Kravitz

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In Harlem, 1987. Sixteen year old Claireece Jones - who goes by her middle name Precious - is illiterate and overweight. She is pregnant with her second child, both children fathered by her biological father, who has continually raped her since she was a child, but who she doesn't see otherwise. Her infant daughter, Mongo - such named since she has Down Syndrome - lives with Precious' grandmother. Precious lives with her mother Mary, who abuses Precious both physically and emotionally. Mary does nothing but smoke, watch television and collect welfare through fraud (as she doesn't ever look for a job) and believes that education does nothing for Precious, who she would rather also collect welfare if only to bring money into the household. To escape her life, Precious often daydreams of herself in glamorous situations. Because of her current pregnancy, Precious' principal transfers her into an alternative school. In dealing with the school's sympathetic teacher Miss Blu Rain, Precious begins to believe that she can have a future by learning how to read and write. Despite some devastating news from her mother following the birth of her child, Precious also begins to believe she can escape the grips of her abusive mother, who, up to this point, was Precious' only real support.

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Chicago Reader - 10/10 by J.R. JonesThis drama about an obese, illiterate black teen in Harlem practically guarantees some emotional uplift. But when it arrives, eventually, its authority is unimpeachable, so deeply has director Lee Daniels (Monster's Ball) immersed us in the depths of human ugliness.
Times-Picayune - 10/10 by Mike ScottPrecious is painful, it is harrowing, it is emotionally exhausting. It is also a singular film, one that is as difficult to compare to another as it is to forget.
Cinerina - 10/10 by Karina MontgomerySophomore director Lee Daniels doesn't shy away from moments where our protagonists falter or our antagonists show a good side. Sidibe and Mo'Nique are simply amazing.
Illinois Times - 10/10 by Charles KoplinskiA phoenix rises from the ashes in Precious.
Aisle Seat - 10/10 by Mike McGranaghanBeautifully and effectively crafted in every single way, the film looks unflinchingly into desperate lives and finds hope amidst the despair. This is truly a masterpiece of slice-of-life storytelling.
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) - 10/10 by Bob BloomDirector Lee Daniels shows you a world scarier than any imagined for some horror film because it is real -- just outside our doors or around the corner
Daily Record (UK) - 10/10 by Grant LauchlanIt's not a movie you'll enjoy, but one where you'll definitely "appreciate the experience". It's an honest, raw, worthy movie and probably my favourite of the year.
News of the World - 10/10 by Robbie CollinThe most intense, intimate and inspirational film since Slumdog Millionaire.
Independent on Sunday - 10/10 by Jonathan RomneyPrecious is part pamphlet, part dramatised talk-show therapy - and to be fair, it's honest about its intentions. But as cinema, it's just really bad, strident pulp.
Sky Cinema - 10/10 by Elliott NobleAs a slice-of-life drama free of melodrama, sentimentality and cliché, Precious is priceless.

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