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   • 7.3/10 7.3/10 IMDb
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   Critics consensus Precious is a grim yet ultimately triumphant film about abuse and inner-city life, largely bolstered by exceptional performances from its cast. More reviews on Rotten Tomatoes

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   Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. 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 ...

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     Full Review | Oct 31, 2022. An unflinching film that musters...

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   Nov 4, 2009 · 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. Her clothes are too tight. School is an ordeal of mocking cruelty. Home is worse. Her mother, defeated by life, takes it out on her daughter. After Precious is raped by her father, her mother, is angry not at ...

4. www.nytimes.com › 2009/11/06 › moviesHowls of a Life, Buried Deep Within - The New York Times

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   Nov 5, 2009 · 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’ by Sapphire,” lives in a ...

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   Box office. $63.3 million [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 ...

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   Jan 21, 2009 · It would not be surprising to see “Precious” pull in both the Audience Award and Jury Award. It’s a hard-forged film with a story line so grim and abhorrent — a 16-year-old black girl has ...

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   A mixture of gruesome and awesome. Precious' paren. Parents need to know that this powerful indie drama based on the novel Push by Sapphire is a harsh, raw depiction of a Harlem teen's brutal life that may be too intense for many viewers, even older teens. The main character is abused in every way imaginable (emotionally, physically, sexually ...

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   Is Precious Based on a true story?

   • Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, 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.

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   Is precious a good movie?

   • You will. “Precious” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). It has frank depictions of emotional and physical violence, including the sexual abuse of a child. PRECIOUS Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

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   Where is Precious Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire starring Gabourey Sidibe?

   • Precious: Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire, with Gabourey Sidibe in the title role, opens Friday in selected cities. Lionsgate Claireece Jones, the Harlem teenager at the center of “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” lives in a world of specific and overwhelming horror.

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   Who is 'Precious' Based on 'push' by Sapphire?

   • Lionsgate Claireece Jones, the Harlem teenager at the center of “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” lives in a world of specific and overwhelming horror. She goes by her middle name, Precious, which seems like a cruel taunt, since nearly everyone around her thinks she’s worthless and lets her know it.

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   Full Review | Oct 31, 2022. An unflinching film that musters striking inner-city iconography for communion and baptism, carries welcome respites of light humor and includes two divergently ...