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Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire |  | Director: Lee Daniels
Actors: Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd
Studio: Maple Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 4001
Format: NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 109 Minutes
UPC: 057373209516
EAN: 0057373209516
ASIN: B0034HAQBE
Release Date: March 9, 2010
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Not every movie can survive the kind of hype--multiple awards at Sundance and other festivals, rapturous reviews, the promise of Oscars to come--that greeted the release of Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, but this extraordinary piece of work is more than up to the task. What's particularly notable about the film's success and acclaim is that in the beginning, at least, it presents one of the grimmest scenarios imaginable. The scene is Harlem, New York, in 1987. Teenager Clarisse Precious Jones (played by newcomer Gabourey Sibide in an absolutely fearless performance) is dirt poor, morbidly obese, semiliterate, and pregnant for the second time--both courtesy of her own father (the first baby was born with Down syndrome). Her home life is several levels below Hell, as her bitter, vengeful welfare mother, Mary (Mo'Nique, in a role that has generated legitimate Oscar® buzz), abuses her both physically and otherwise (telling Precious she should have aborted her is only the worst of a relentless flood of insults and vitriol). Yet somehow, the young woman still has hopes and dreams (depicted in a series of delightful fantasy sequences). She enrolls in an alternative school, where a young teacher (Paula Patton) takes her under her wing and even into her home, and visits a social worker (an excellent Mariah Carey; fellow pop star Lenny Kravitz is also effective as a male nurse) who further helps bring Precious out of the darkness. Incredibly, Precious's circumstances deteriorate even more before showing the slightest sign of improvement, and a climactic confrontation with her mother is one of the more wrenching scenes in recent memory. But against all odds, director Lee Daniels, screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher (working from Sapphire's novel), and especially the wondrously affecting Sibide have managed to make Precious a film that will lift the viewer far higher up that one might ever have thought possible. --Sam Graham
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It'll break your heart April 23, 2010
S. Giesbrecht (Canada)
WOW. This is quite the movie. It's one of those movies that just reaches in and grabs a hold of you.
Even though she's a "tough" girl, you just want to wrap your arms around her and protect her from any more harm.
It's a really wonderful piece of art.
But a warning though, this is not for kids, the langue is very strong.
Reviewing "Precious" April 12, 2010
God's Baby Girl (New Westminster, BC Canada)
This is quite a powerful and brutal story of a very overweight and unhappy black young woman who was raped by her father, had two babies by him, and her mother is equally physically and verbally abusive. Despite all her unhappy home problems, she struggles through an alternative school and ends up coming out a different and better person in the end. Movie also contains swearing and violence, but is very true-to-life and "hides no details" of this young woman's unhappy existence.
excellent interpretation of the book by the screen writer, director and actors in this film April 2, 2010
fiona frank (canada)
A sad yet truly moving film. I particularly liked the ending of the film, Precious, though she has been through a lot of challenges in her short life on earth, is determined to rise above these challenges and create a better life for her children and herself. I particularly liked Gabourey Sidibe's performance, very convincing. The book is an excellent read.
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