Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
2009 · 1h 50m · Drama
Watch it tonight if you're ready for something raw and emotionally devastating—this is essential cinema with knockout performances and a story that demands to be seen. The near-universal critical acclaim backs it up, though fair warning: this isn't comfort viewing, it's catharsis.
Plot
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, and 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.
Director: Lee Daniels
Cast: Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd