The movie ‘Precious’, which has been based on the novel named ‘Push’ by Sapphire, is scheduled to hit the theaters today. The drama film has been much anticipated after winning a number of awards including the ‘Audience Award’ at the Sundance Film Festival. The film had its premiere at this festival where it also won the ‘Grand Jury Prize’ for the Best Drama and the ‘Special Jury Prize’ was received by the actress Mo’nique for the role of Supporting Actress. The movie’s title had been changed to ‘Precious’ in January, so that there would be no confusion with the earlier action movie which is also called ‘Push’.
The movie has been rated ‘R’ because it contains mature matter like sexual assault and child abuse along, with pervasive language. The film had also been nominated for the 2008 Golden Trailer Award and is also anticipated to be nominated for the Academy awards, for the best picture.
The main plot of the movie revolves around ‘Precious’, who is played by Gabourey Sidibe. Precious is an illiterate teenager who is also obese and lives with her dysfunctional family in Harlem. “Precious” has a very bad relation with her mother and has been impregnated by her father two times. Then comes the turning point in her life, when she is invited to join a school, which changes her life.
The movie also stars Mariah Carey (Social worker-Mrs Weiss), Paula Patton, (Precious’s teacher- Ms. Rain), Lenny Kravitz (John the nurse), Gabourey Sidibe (Clareece “Precious” Jones), Mo’nique (Mary Jones), Sherri Shepherd (Cornrows), Stephanie Andujar (Rita), Nealla Gordon (Mrs. Lichtenstein) and Amina Robinson ( Jermaine Hicks).
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