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  1. Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

    Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

    R2009 · Drama · 1h 49m

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  1. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, [2] or simply Precious, is a 2009 American drama film, directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels. Its script was written by Geoffrey S. Fletcher, adapted from the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire. The film stars Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique, alongside Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, and ...

  2. Nov 20, 2009 · With Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey. In New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that she can re-route her life in a better direction.

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    • Drama
    • Lee Daniels
    • 2009-11-20
  3. Set in Harlem in 1987. Precious (Sidibe, in an Oscar-nominated lead performance) endures unimaginable hardships in her young life. She's pregnant for the second time to her abusive father; at home she must wait hand and foot on a poisonously angry mother (Mo'Nique, winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress).

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  5. Oct 31, 2022 Full Review Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal An unflinching film that musters striking inner-city iconography for communion and baptism, carries welcome respites of light humor and...

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    • Lee Daniels
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  6. Precious. In Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction. 5,197 IMDb 7.3 1 h 49 min 2009. X-Ray R. Drama · Inspiring · Gritty · Bleak.

  7. Nov 5, 2009 · Precious. NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by Lee Daniels. Drama. R. 1h 50m. By A.O. Scott. Nov. 5, 2009. Claireece Jones, the Harlem teenager at the center of “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push ...

  8. Nov 4, 2009 · Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. Roger Ebert November 04, 2009. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Precious has shut down. She avoids looking at people, she hardly ever speaks, she's nearly illiterate. Inside her lives a great hurt, and also her child, conceived in a rape. She is fat.

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