Life is hard. Life is short. Life is painful. Life is rich. Life is....Precious.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Gabourney Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz, Stephanie Andujar |
| Director |
Lee Daniels |
| Screenplay | Geoffrey Fletcher, from the novel by Sapphire |
| Music | Mario Grigorov |
| Cinematography | Andrew Dunn |
| Editing | Joe Klotz |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2009 |
| Produced by | Lee Daniesl Entertainment, Smokeweed Entertainment Group |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Strong and frequent |
| Nudity | Mild scene of breastfeeding |
| Sex | Sexual references refer to rape, therefor violent, quite strong |
| Violence | Occasional, intense, disturbing, domestic violence and rape (implied). |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Mild |
| Drug abuse | Alcohol and tobacco |
| Comments | Pretty intense, disturbing, mature themes |
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Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
| Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Munyaradzi Vomo  Harrowing, but rewarding. A tear-jerker of note | 20 |  |
| Die Burger Jeanne Calitz Fliek ruk kyker se hart aan flarde | 15 | |
| Cape Times Betsy Sharkey Oscar nominee batters the scenes | 15 | |
| Box Office Ray Greene Strong performances make for essential viewing. | 13 |  |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert The film is a tribute to Sidibe's ability to engage our empathy. Her work is still another demonstration of the mystery of some actors, who evoke feelings in ways beyond words and techniques. She so completely creates the Precious character that you rather wonder if she's very much like her. | 20 | |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson | 10 |  |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli Precious is a reminder that sometimes all it takes to make a great film is the courageous performance of an actor as a character whose story is compelling enough to consume two hours of screen time. | 18 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers Precious tunnels inside your head, leaves you moved like no film in years and then lifts you up in ways you don't see coming. | 18 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs Clearly not for all audiences, the film is a powerful statement about how people can persevere despite life stacking the odds against them. | 16 | |
| Metacritic.com 36 critics | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 198 critics | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Precious is a grim yet ultimately triumphant film about abuse and inner-city life, largely bolstered by exceptional performances from its cast. | 18 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 11498 Netizens A work of art | 15 | |
Average .. 81% | 16 | |