mtv.com - 17 days ago
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A new star arrives, and a few others are re-born.
Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious"
Photo: Lions Gate
Claireece Jones is one of life's write-offs: an illiterate, junk-food-fat Harlem teenager living on welfare with her viciously abusive mother and, from time to time, her ...
rottentomatoes.com - 21 days ago
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Synopsis: Lee Daniels's PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL
PUSH BY SAPPHIRE is a vibrant, honest and resoundingly
hopeful film about the human capacity to grow and overcome. Set in Harlem in 1987, it is... Lee Daniels's PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH ...
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Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire Movie ...
fourfour.typepad.com - 11 days ago
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(I'm putting this under the jump because I
get spoilery just a few sentences in.) Precious is
kind of an asshole. She steals, responds to insults using her fists, is casually homphobic and repeatedly rejects a much younger girl who...
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We aren't all Precious
movies.nytimes.com - 17 days ago
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Claireece Jones, the Harlem teenager at the center
of “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,”
lives in a world of specific and overwhelming horror. She goes by her middle name, Precious, which seems like a cruel taunt, since nearly everyone ...
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Howls of a Life, Buried Deep Within
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Kurt Loder Reviews 'Precious'
MTV Movies Blog —
... FROM MTV.COM: Claireece Jones is one of life's write-offs: an illiterate, junk-food-fat Harlem teenager living on welfare with her viciously abusive mother and, from time to time, her father, who drops by to rape her. She already has one child as a result of his assaults — a little girl with Down's Syndrome — and is currently pregnant with another. Claireece's future seems anything but uncertain. Somehow, though, she's managed not to write herself off. ...
'Precious,' Reviewed By Kurt Loder
MTV Movies Blog —
... FROM MTV.COM: Claireece Jones is one of life's write-offs: an illiterate, junk-food-fat Harlem teenager living on welfare with her viciously abusive mother and, from time to time, her father, who drops by to rape her. She already has one child as a result of his assaults — a little girl with Down's Syndrome — and is currently pregnant with another. Claireece's future seems anything but uncertain. Somehow, though, she's managed not to write herself off. ...
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moviecarpet.com 10/13/2009 — Lionsgate has debuted a second trailer for Lee Daniels’”Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire”.
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Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Photo: Lionsgate
For almost 90-percent of it's runtime Precious is so bleak and downright desperate you wouldn't need to explain yourself if you told me you didn't want to ...
Precious “Precious” Poster
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We’ve got a new poster for Lionsgate ’s Sundance 2009 hit “ Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire “.
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filmofilia.com 5/14/2009 — Winner of three awards at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival , including the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, Lee Daniels ’ “ Precious: based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire ” is a vibrant, honest and resoundingly hopeful film about the human ...
PRECIOUS Movie Trailer & Photos
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Check out the trailer and photos from PRECIOUS starring Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz, Gabourey Sidibe and directed by Lee Daniels.
Precious Synopsis: Lee Daniels's PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL "PUSH" BY SAPPHIRE is a vibrant, honest and resoundingly ...
PRECIOUS Movie TV Spots
daemonsmovies.com 22 days ago —
Check out the TV spots of the new movie PRECIOUS starring Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz, Gabourey Sidibe and directed by Lee Daniels.
Precious Synopsis: Lee Daniels's PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL "PUSH" BY SAPPHIRE is a vibrant, honest and ...
Precious Tv Spot
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Claireece Precious Jones endures unimaginable hardships in her young life. Abused by her mother, raped by her father, she grows up poor, angry, illiterate, fat, unloved and generally unnoticed. So what better way to learn about her than ...
REVIEW: Precious
filmonic.com 14 days ago — Precious has once again put me in the uncomfortable position of debating just how much I can really enjoy “inspirational” tales about situations slightly too horrific to be believable. Yet, simultaneously, the film that relies on the audience recognizing physical, sexual and emotional abuse ...
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