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73% Critic Match
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
“For precious girls everywhere.”
7.3 / 10• 2009• 1h 50m•R• English
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Gabourey Sidibe
Precious
Lead
Mo'Nique
Mary
Paula Patton
Ms. Rain
Mariah Carey
Ms. Weiss
Sherri Shepherd
Cornrows
Lenny Kravitz
Nurse John
Stephanie Andujar
Rita
Chyna Layne
Rhonda
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lee Daniels's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
