Search results
Pregnant by her own father for the second time, 16-year-old Claireece "Precious" Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) can neither read nor write and suffers constant abuse at the hands of her vicious mother...
- Movie Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most...
- By Sapphire Pictures
Precious: Based on the Novel . ... Link to Movie Re-Release...
- 127 Hours
While exploring a remote canyon in Utah, mountaineer and...
- Movie Reviews
People also ask
What's the story of Precious Based on the novel Push by Sapphire?
Is Precious Based on a true story?
Where did Sapphire write the novel 'Push'?
What is a summary of 'precious'?
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.
Nov 4, 2009 · Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. Drama. 110 minutes ‧ R ‧ 2009. Roger Ebert. November 4, 2009. 3 min read. 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.
Nov 6, 2009 · Originally called Push (but recently renamed Precious to coincide with the film), the book, by the writer known simply as Sapphire, tells the story of a dark-skinned, heavy-set, illiterate...
Nov 6, 2009 · Precious begins a journey that will lead her from darkness, pain and powerlessness to light, love and self-determination. (Lionsgate) Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones, a sixteen-year-old African-American girl born into a life no one would want.
- (36)
- Lee Daniels
- R
- Gabourey Sidibe
Nov 20, 2009 · Precious. 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.
Powerful, painful account of Harlem teen's hard-luck life. Read Common Sense Media's Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire review, age rating, and parents guide.