Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009)1h50
Drama
Director Lee Daniels (6.5 avg)
Also directed The Butler, The Paperboy, The Deliverance, and 2 more
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.
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Cast
Gabourey Sidibe
Mo'Nique
Paula Patton
Mariah Carey
Sherri Shepherd
Lenny Kravitz
Stephanie Andujar
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