Precious (2009)

Directors:

Lee Daniels

Writers:

Geoffrey Fletcher

Actors:

Abigail Savage, Cory Davis, Rochelle McNaughton, Kendall Toombs, Alexander Toombs, Susan Taylor

Synopsis:

Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret--she can't read.
  • Drama
  • Reviews 3
  • Highest Rating 79
  • Lowest Rating 17
  • Average Rating 49
79

Precious (2009)

I don't care what kind of baiting is going on here. Precious is solid. My concern is that Lee Daniels is a little too good at lulling white folk into a false sense of understanding while deepening racialization in the process. Will have to see The Butler to confirm.
MildredFierce
August 14, 2013
17

Precious (2009)

Movies that expect to be taken seriously by throwing one tragedy at you after another straight up piss me off. If there is even a glimmer of hope in one scene they throw AIDS and rape at you in the next. Fuck people who make movies like this.
MikkoP
September 18, 2012
50

Precious (2009)

While I can appreciate that Precious is trying to shine a light on the third world living conditions that plague many youth in North America, the late 80s setting creates an anachronistic dissonance. Oscar bait at its finest.
Patrick
December 31, 2011