WATCH A MOVIE "PRECIOUS".

Watch a Movie "Precious".

Watch a Movie Precious

Introduction

The film (based on novel whose title and author are a part of the film's title for no reason other than PR) is written and directed by Lee Daniels, the same man who produced “Monsters Ball”. He makes the material work because of his gift with actors, his energetic direction, and his ability to sprinkle hope in a sea of dread that is Precious's lifeIn Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, Sidibe plays the central character, Claireece "Precious" Jones, an illiterate, obese, sixteen-year-old girl with two children (both of whom are the products of incestuous rape from her father) trying to escape the physical, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of her parents. Following the discovery of Precious' second pregnancy, she is suspended from school. Her junior high school principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school, which she hopes can help Precious change her life's direction. Precious is savvy enough to realise an out when she sees one. But, even with extra attention and affection from her teacher, her darkness is only lifted by some wonderfully colourful, but all-too-fleeting cabaret-infused daydreams. Yes, any film that manages to pass Mariah Carey off as a dowdy welfare worker is bleak. Precious will camp in your cerebral cortex for a long time after the final frame. It also marks the emergence of a fantastic directorial talent in Lee Daniels. It's hard to imagine Sapphire's novel Push (on which the film is based) packing as much punch as Daniels delivers, with help from the mesmerising Sidibe. Daniels' use of uncomfortable close-ups and pacing really chills the spine. Precious finds a way out of her traumatic daily existence through imagination and fantasy. While she is being raped by her father, ...