![]() ![]() Toward the end, the film feels a little message-y and hurried, but that's forgivable. And points to both Mariah Carey for her nuanced performance as a social worker and to Patton for providing uplift without treacle. Same for comedienne Mo'Nique, who surprises here with her monstrous depiction of Precious' mother that manages - a little, anyway - to be tragic, too. Precious tells the social worker that Little Mongo does not live with her so Mary gets kicked off aid. Precious says her name means something valuable, but Claireece is someone elses name. She says that she was left behind when she was seven because she could not read and peed herself in class, and when she was twelve because she had a baby by her own father, and the baby turned out. Abdul means servant of God and Louis is for Farrakhan. The chapter opens with the main character, Precious, talking about the various reasons why she has been left behind in the school system. So thank heavens for Sidibe, who, in her first feature-film outing, doesn't so much dazzle as persuade. On January 15, 1988, Precious has her son, Abdul Jamal Louis Jones. It all makes for a powerful film, but sometimes it's hard to stomach. ![]() The abuse - verbal, physical, and sexual - plays out in relentless assaults, allowing the audience to feel just a fraction of what it's like to be Precious. Director Lee Daniels goes for grit every chance he gets, with many sequences drained of color and light - except for Precious' own flights of fancy, which provide much-needed escape from her own reality. ![]() With its spectacularly brutal storyline, Precious is deeply compelling and disturbing at the same time. ![]()
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