![]() ![]() She barely cares when she is kicked out of school for being pregnant with her second child. She learns nothing in school and has no desire to improve her life. Precious goes through her meaningless existence taking in nothing but abuse, and giving out nothing, not even anger or contempt. She seems to hate Precious with a passion. She also has a habit of hurling thing at her daughter’s head. ![]() She treats her daughter like a domestic slave, calls her fat, calls her worthless and stupid, and tells her things like she should have aborted her before she’d been born. Her mother Mary, played by Mo’nique is one of the meanest pieces of work I’ve ever seen on film. Precious, played by first time actress Gabourey Sidibe, is a sixteen year old, morbidly obese, black girl growing up in Harlem in the late 1980s. That, and how that child eventually learns to fight back and take control of her life through education. It isn’t easy to be a casual observer of acts of absolute cruelty, especially towards a child or young adult. It is hard to watch mental, emotional, and physical abuse. This movie was good, but it was difficult to watch. Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire – 2009 ![]()
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