Precious (2009)
Storyline
Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret--she can't read.
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Cast
Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton, Sherri Shepherd, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Angelic Zambrana, Nealla Gordon, Mo'Nique, Xosha Roquemore, Bill Sage, Stephanie Andujar, Chyna Layne, Amina Robinson, Aunt Dot, Grace Hightower, Barret Helms, Kimberly Russell, Susan Taylor, Kendall Toombs, Alexander Toombs, Cory Davis, Rochelle McNaughton
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Reviews
100
It's a potent and moving experience, because by the end you feel you've witnessed nothing less than the birth of a soul.
100
A great American film.
88
Manages the task of being both heartbreaking and heart-warming.
80
Shot in the manner of a grueling horror picture, with jittery edits to half-remembered traumas and glistening close-ups on the faces of monsters.
80
As Precious, Sidibe is superb, allowing us to see the inner warmth and beauty of a young woman who, to her world's cruel eyes, might seem monstrous.
