Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire is a harrowing look at the life of an impoverished, obese 16-year-old girl growing up in Harlem. This is not an easy film to swallow, but it's a tremendous achievement nonetheless. Claireece AKA Precious has already suffered through a life-time of extreme emotional and physical torment when the movie begins. She is broke. Hungry. Pregnant for the second time thanks to her father's tendency to rape her. This is dark stuff and director Lee Fields doesn't water down the source material. However, this film doesn't exist for its audience to sit around and wallow in the horrors of Precious's life. It could have been overwrought; it's not. Fields moves things along at a pretty quick clip. It's a movie that goes to great lengths to show how far a little kindness can go. The reason you need to watch this is to see just how terrifying Mo'Nique's performance is...every time she pops up in a scene, your stomach will somersault. She is one of the scariest characters in cinematic history. She makes Mommie Dearest look like Mrs. Doubtfire.
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