Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
by Lee Daniels
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Actor: Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'NiqueDirector: Lee Daniels
Brand: LIONS GATE HOME ENT.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2010-03-09
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lionsgate
Movie Reviews of Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Movie Review: English 098
Summary: 5 Stars
The book "Precious" by Sapphire is about a 16 year old African American girl, who has a poor childhood and is abused by both parents. She has two children who are fathered none other than her dad. The mother of Precious was abusive towards her; she believed that her daughter had taken her man away, the man whom she loved. Despite the fact that Precious got kicked out of school, she got the opportunity to enter in a special school that helped her get the education needed. Ms. Rain was a teacher whom actually paid attention to Precious due to the potential she saw in her. She always supported and encouraged Precious to change every aspect of her life towards the best. As Precious goes on with her life through the tough times, she has learned to love her fellow classmates and become a dedicated mother.
In my opinion, this book was well descriptive. It seemed as though the reader was there and knew how she felt. Another reason why this is a great book is due to the writing process that was chosen. Sapphire expresses well Precious thoughts and emotions in her poems. You can actually feel the hatred and pain that she carried within. Sapphire whom is the author, gives the readers a sense of how Precious thought of each person. Precious is an admirable girl even though people have perceived her as mean, selfish, and judgmental. I mention this because she tries to be a better person, whether it is getting an education or being a mother to her children.
Summary of Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Precious Jones, an inner-city high school girl, is illiterate, overweight, and pregnant.again. Na?ve and abused, Precious responds to a glimmer of hope when a door is opened by an alternative-school teacher. She is faced with the choice to follow opportunity and test her own boundaries. Prepare for shock, revelation and celebration.Not every movie can survive the kind of hype--multiple awards at Sundance and other festivals, rapturous reviews, the promise of Oscars to come--that greeted the release of Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, but this extraordinary piece of work is more than up to the task. What's particularly notable about the film's success and acclaim is that in the beginning, at least, it presents one of the grimmest scenarios imaginable. The scene is Harlem, New York, in 1987. Teenager Clarisse Precious Jones (played by newcomer Gabourey Sibide in an absolutely fearless performance) is dirt poor, morbidly obese, semiliterate, and pregnant for the second time--both courtesy of her own father (the first baby was born with Down syndrome). Her home life is several levels below Hell, as her bitter, vengeful welfare mother, Mary (Mo'Nique, in a role that has generated legitimate Oscar? buzz), abuses her both physically and otherwise (telling Precious she should have aborted her is only the worst of a relentless flood of insults and vitriol). Yet somehow, the young woman still has hopes and dreams (depicted in a series of delightful fantasy sequences). She enrolls in an alternative school, where a young teacher (Paula Patton) takes her under her wing and even into her home, and visits a social worker (an excellent Mariah Carey; fellow pop star Lenny Kravitz is also effective as a male nurse) who further helps bring Precious out of the darkness. Incredibly, Precious's circumstances deteriorate even more before showing the slightest sign of improvement, and a climactic confrontation with her mother is one of the more wrenching scenes in recent memory. But against all odds, director Lee Daniels, screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher (working from Sapphire's novel), and especially the wondrously affecting Sibide have managed to make Precious a film that will lift the viewer far higher up that one might ever have thought possible. --Sam Graham
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