Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

You would think that the stereotypical African American welfare story has been done to bits, but, alas, Oprah Winfrey, and one of the producers of Monster's Ball have struck again. Precious, which is based on a controversial fictional 1996 book called... Full review

Just seeing the trailer for this movie, I was blown away by the striking realism of lead actress Gabourey Sidibe's performance. The entire trailer radiated PAIN. I thought this movie was going to be heavy, dramatic, and depressing - but it... Full review

Gabourey Sibide looks and sounds a lot like the late Hattie MacDaniel; if a biopic about MacDaniel is ever made, Sibide should star. Starting from this superficiality, it is clear that the character Sibide plays, an abused, obese late- 20th-century Harlem... Full review

10 minutes into this beautifully done film, the tears began to fall. The acting is Oscar worthy from every angle, and the story can bring anyone to the ambition of becoming an anti child abuse activist. The pain of the lead... Full review

I don't want to go into a long, drawn out synopsis of the film. Many reviewers have done that already. I will say that I am shocked at the leaping reviews - touting this film as "amazing". Quite frankly, it isn't.... Full review

This is a truly moving, patiently directed American movie the likes of which we rarely get treated to anymore. The word 'Precious' certainly does take on it's original meaning after seeing this story unfold. Just when I think 'the movies' have... Full review

I had the pleasure of getting to watch this movie at the Writers Guild Theatre with a Q&A after with Gabby Sidibe and Paula Patton present. Maria Carey couldn't make the Q&A because she got taken by Jay Leno that same... Full review

A fine film. An American urban working class drama, it manages to steer clear of almost every possible idiomatic pothole created by predecessors charging blithely down the same street. It seems real - only the controlled framing tells you that it's... Full review

I won't try to deny my slight bias while I was watching this movie. To be in a theater among many movie enthusiasts, and most importantly the director of the film (Lee Daniels) and the author of the novel (Sapphire) will... Full review

Just saw "Precious" at an advanced screening last night. Pretty impressive film. The lead, Gabby , gives a fantastic, honest performance of a societal reject who's esteem and self worth has been eradicated by her loathsome mother and the people around... Full review

Connect to Facebook/Twitter, recommend via email and much more. Lee Daniels? directorial debut "Shadowboxer" (2005) was so aggressively tasteless and obstinately implausible that it left some critics traumatized. ... Full Article

Cornered by poverty, darkness, Harlem, flatiron buildings, and close-set eyes, Precious survives. Lee Daniels directs Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton, Mo'Nique, and Mariah Carey, among others, who make up the stellar cast of Precious , based on the book Push by... ... Full Article

Poverty is ugly. Every now and then, we need to be reminded of that. "Precious," the brutal and unflinching film based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire, gives us neediness at its ugliest and most shocking. ... Full Article

Abuse victims approach her on the street to thank her, and Hollywood pundits predict she's a shoo-in contender for Oscar gold. But before 355-pound, Harlem-raised Gabourey Sidibe was plucked from obscurity to play the powerful title role of "Precious," she... ... Full Article

A reinforcement of noxious stereotypes or a realistic and therapeutic portrayal of a black family in America? "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," the new film about an obese, poor, illiterate, young black woman who is sexually and... ... Full Article