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, and 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.
Lee Daniels
Sarah Siegel-Magness
Lee Daniels
Gary Magness
Geoffrey Fletcher
Andrew Dunn
Gabourey Sidibe
Claireece "Precious" Jones
Mo'Nique
Mary Lee Johnston
Paula Patton
Blu Rain
Mariah Carey
Mrs. Weiss
Lenny Kravitz
John McFadden
Sherri Shepherd
Lisa Cornrows
Stephanie Andujar
Rita Romero
Chyna Layne
Rhonda Patrice Johnson
Amina Robinson
Jermaine
Xosha Roquemore
Joann
Angelic Zambrana
Consuelo
Aunt Dot
Tootsie
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ViciousSnowflake
This is kind of a rough movie to watch. A very victimized and bullied teen tries to get through life. It ends on a fairly positive note but damn. Incest babies is just a weird, skin crawling topic for me so that is always going to be rough to go through.
CinemaSerf
Towards the tail end of the 1980s, "Precious" (Gabourey Sidibe) is feeling anything but. Intimidated by her angry, petty criminal, mother "Mary" (Mo'Nique) whilst expecting her second child by her own father. She's 16, big, black and constantly bullied - with little chance of that cycle improving am...
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