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  • Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
  • Opened November 6, 2009 | Runtime:1 hr. 49 min.
  • R
    child abuse including sexual assault, and pervasive language.
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 17+. Read More
  • Pregnant by her own father for the second time, 16-year-old Claireece ''Precious'' Jones (Gabourey ''Gabby'' Sidibe) can neither read nor write and suffers constant abuse at the hands of her vicious mother (Mo'Nique ). Precious instinctively sees a Read More
  • Cast: Gabourey Sidibe, Lenny Kravitz, Paula Patton, Mo'Nique, Mariah Carey
  • Director: Lee Daniels
  • Genres: Drama

Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire Movie Photos & Trailers + Clips

  • Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe as Claireece "Precious" Jones in "Precious."
  • Mariah Carey as Ms. Weiss and Gabourey Sidibe as Precious in "Precious: Based on the Novel ``Push'' by Sapphire."
  • Gabourey Sidibe as Claireece "Precious" Jones and Paula Patton as Ms. Rain in "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire."
  • Mo'Nique as Mary in "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire."
  • Lenny Kravitz as Nurse John and Gabourey Sidibe as Claireece "Precious" Jones in "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire."
  • Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire."
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Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire Recent Fan Reviews

  • Must Go!

    Believe the hype.

    by vegs8

    Powerful. Intense. Poignant. Witty. Heart-wrenching. Sad. Ugly. Beautiful.

    I cannot, for the life of me, remember being so moved by a film. Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan come to mind, but this was a different. Even days later, I am on the verge of tears as different scenes creep into my mind. This heart-wrenching story brings someone you wouldn't normally be able to relate to directly into your heart.

    Well written, impeccably acted, and full of profound intensity...one of the best films I have seen, definitely this year, and perhaps in the last decade. I recommend it so highly.

  • Must Go!

    Precious

    by chele4138

    This movie is so deep. It really opens ones eyes as to abuse in America.

  • Must Go!

    Preciously Inspiring!

    by flyfxs

    I had the opportunity to view this moving at the Chicago pre-screening and it is one movie that shouldn't be missed!

    I read Sapphires book Push a few months earlier and was amazed at the level of constant abuse this one teenage mother endured to find love, compassion and hope from the hearts and homes of strangers. I applauded Tyler Perry, Oprah Winfrey and Lee Daniels, and their ability to create a movie that was cinematically true to the book....BRAVO!!!!! Please, go out and see this movie because when you do, you will be compelled to "Push" other to see it too.

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  • 100
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    Qualifies as the most painful, poetic and improbably beautiful film of the year.

  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    A movie about an obese Harlem teenager who's raped by her father and abused by...

  • 100
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    It's a potent and moving experience, because by the end you feel you've...

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    A great American film.

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