Precious
- Director: Lee Daniels
- Writer: Geoffrey Fletcher; Sapphire
- Producer: Lisa Cortes; Lee Daniels
CGiii Comment
Daniels' follow-up to Shadowboxer - an agonising, truthful work of hard-faced art.
Full credit must goes to the source material and the adaption does not shirk away from the honesty.
Simply, this is a masterwork - a powerful indictment.
A wonder.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
It's Harlem 1987. Sixteen year old Claireece Jones - who goes by her middle name Precious - is an illiterate, overweight black girl. She is pregnant with her second child, both children fathered by her biological father, who has continually raped her since she was a child, but who she doesn't see otherwise. Her infant daughter, Mongo - such named since she has Down Syndrome - lives with Precious' grandmother. Precious lives with her mother Mary, who abuses Precious both physically and emotionally. Mary does nothing but smoke, watch television and collect welfare through fraud (as she doesn't ever look for a job) and believes that education does nothing for Precious, who she would rather also collect welfare if only to bring money into the household. To escape her life, Precious often daydreams of herself in glamorous situations. Because of her current pregnancy, Precious' principal transfers her into an alternative school.
Cast & Characters
Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe as Precious;
Mo'Nique as Mary;
Paula Patton as Ms. Rain;
Mariah Carey as Mrs. Weiss;
Sherri Shepherd as Cornrows;
Lenny Kravitz as Nurse John;
Stephanie Andujar as Rita;
Chyna Layne as Rhonda; Amina
Robinson as Jermaine;
Xosha Roquemore as Joann;
Angelic Zambrana as Consuelo;
Aunt Dot as Tootsie;
Nealla Gordon as Mrs. Lichtenstein;
Grace Hightower as Social Worker;
Barret Helms as Tom Cruise