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Precious (Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire) (2009)

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Gabourey Sidibe Gabourey Sidibe
Precious
Mo Mo'Nique
Mary
Paula Patton Paula Patton
Ms. Rain
Mariah Carey Mariah Carey
Ms. Weiss
Sherri Shepherd Sherri Shepherd
Cornrows
Lenny Kravitz Lenny Kravitz
Nurse John
Chyna Layne Chyna Layne
Rhonda


Written by
Geoffrey Fletcher Geoffrey Fletcher
(screenplay)
Sapphire Sapphire
(novel Push)


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Unpleasant and unsatisfying

14 years ago at Mar 6 5:58
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"Sometimes I wish I was dead. I'll be okay, I guess, 'cause I'm lookin' up. Lookin' for something to fall..."

A raw, confronting depiction of the horrors of black poverty in America, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire is drawing a distinctly mixed response. To be fair, the detractors (like the controversial Armond White, who called it "a carnival of black degradation" b... read more

A Precious film...

14 years, 1 month ago at Feb 15 1:46
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Precious is a film that I was really looking forward to due to the reception it received like all the awards and positive reviews it got. Also, the story might've been psychologically disturbing but it certainly was a very powerful film so that expressed my interest a bit more as well. When I watched it at the cinema, it was something that I needed to stick to even though it was quite hard to watc... read more

A very good movie

11 years, 3 months ago at Dec 18 10:45
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I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since I heard mostly positive things about it, I was really eager to check it out. Basically, it is a really bleak and heartbreaking drama with a rather standard plotline. What makes it stand out from the other movies from this genre is the interesting directing and the amazing acting. Like I said before, it was quite heartbreaking and it deals wi... read more
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Description: Monster's Ball producer Lee Daniels follows up his 2005 directorial debut, Shadowboxer, with this adaptation of author Sapphire's best-selling novel about an overweight, illiterate African-American teen from Harlem who discovers an alternate path in life after she begins attending a new school. Mo'nique co-stars in an inspirational drama featuring the debut performance of screen newcomer Gabourey "Gabbie" Sidibe. Synopsis by Jason Buchanan Read more at [Link removed - login to see] ... (more)
Release date: 20 November 2009
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