Precious

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Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Special features: Audio commentary with director Lee Daniels; "From Push to Precious" featurette; "A Precious ensemble" featurette; "Oprah and Tyler: a project of passion" featurette; a conversation with Author Sapphire and director Lee Daniels; deleted scene: the incest survivor meeting; audition: Gabourey Sidibe; "Reflections on Precious" featurette; "Fluorescent Beige" featurette.
Mo'nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe, Sherri Shepherd.
In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain, helps Precious learn to read and she responds to this glimmer of hope. Precious also meets Mrs. Weiss, a social worker, and discovers the abuse and incest that Precious has had to endure. Her father dies of AIDS and Precious learns that she is now HIV-positive.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 EX surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
Contents: Push.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

abuse submitted by jjdijkstra81 on July 28, 2011, 5:55am a lot of abuse. really hard for me to watch. i watched the whole thing, and didn't really feel good at the end of it.

Precious submitted by emjane on July 14, 2012, 8:32pm Precious (Gabourey Sidibe), an overweight black teen, lives in an abusive household. She is pregnant with her second child by her father, who sexually abuses her, and her mother (Mo’Nique), resenting her for this, abuses her physically. When Precious is kicked out of her high school, she begins attending an alternative school where an attentive teacher (Paula Patton) teaches her (and the class of struggling teen girls) how to read and write.

The acting in Precious was phenomenal. After watching Sidibe stumble through hosting Saturday Night Live, I didn’t expect her acting to impress me, (though I now recognize this was stupid, considering she was nominated for an Academy Award). Sidibe was great, though, making me care about Precious right from the beginning. Mo’Nique portrayed the depth of her character, making her more than the one-sided villain of the movie (though you do hate her).

One of things I found most effective within Precious was the use of internal monologue and fantasies. Typically, using a voiceover to show what a character is thinking seems cheesy and tacked on, but in Precious, it was natural.

precious submitted by a2sue on July 25, 2013, 9:31pm watching a film about such abuse is really distressing

Tough yet profound submitted by rmhawkins on July 21, 2014, 6:10am This is a tough yet profound movie. I would recommend it, but would caution survivors or others who have experienced abuse from watching, since it could be triggering based on the material and how it is presented.

abuse submitted by Diahann on August 1, 2015, 9:33pm Everyone that has even heard the word abuse should have to watch precious, to know what not to do to others Abuse.

gritty but moving submitted by 21621031390949 on August 16, 2016, 9:24pm This is an excellent movie, but difficult to watch because of the abuse.

Tough submitted by c_zhang on June 29, 2019, 1:17am It was really hard to watch because of the abuse depicted in this movie.

d submitted by kscapellie on July 11, 2020, 2:14pm A teen that was abused

Precious submitted by SBNB on June 14, 2022, 11:51am It was a good movie, though I don’t think I’ll ever want to watch it again.

Part submitted by Clown81 on August 27, 2022, 11:45pm The mother played her part well.