Precious (A Novel By Sapphire) – 15 Cert.
I went to see this film last night, and one word Amazing!
Gabourey Sibide is really good as precious, shes very believable in a subtle, subdued kinda way, not one of these films where the troubled teen is mouthy, and OTT which I found refreshing.Hopefully she’ll do more powerful films like this.
I heard all the hype about this film, and went into the film expecting it to be more difficult to watch than it was, which I thought was good , the more palleteable(sp.) this film is the betteras more people will see it, but I did not detract away from how shocking the subject matter was.
I was also shocked that it was a 15, but again I think this is a good thing.
Brief Summary
For the people who don’t know what the story is about, Precious is about an obese teen living in Harlem 1987 , cannot read or write and pregnant with her 2nd child. She lives with her abusive mother who sits at home all day sapping off Werlfare and orders Precious to wait on her hand and foot. She is suspended from here first school and sent to ‘alternative’ education , where she meets Ms. Rain who inspires her that life can be different. I know that’s very brief but I don’t wanna spoil it for potential viewers there is a lot more to this film a definetly worth a watch.
Mo’nique who plays Mary, Precious’s chain smoking, sponging , abusive, foul mouthed mother is fantastic playing this monstrous character, I found it hard to believe it was the same woman I saw in’ Phat Girlz’ years earlier . For me she was the most powerful performance in this film seconded by Gabourey, but many people will probably disagree.
Also Starring…
Mariah Carey
Paula Patton
Lenny Kravitz
I give this film an 8/10