{"id":5258,"date":"2017-01-02T18:11:56","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T23:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=5258"},"modified":"2023-12-28T17:58:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T22:58:45","slug":"precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=5258","title":{"rendered":"Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire-2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire-2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Lee Daniels<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #581<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed January 2, 2017<\/p>\n

Grade: A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Precious is an amazing film and one of the best to come out of the year 2009. Due to the hype, I had high expectations entering the theater and I was not disappointed.<\/p>\n

The film is an in-your-face slug-fest with some of the rawest acting performed in recent years.<\/p>\n

The marvelous aspect is that the film takes the viewer into a world that is probably not one’s own experience and makes them empathize with the characters.<\/p>\n

The film is very disturbing at times, raw, gritty, and violent, but also has some light, humorous moments and an oh-so-important film to see. There is a heartwarming charm that offsets the violence perfectly.<\/p>\n

The story itself, and the direction are basic, but the wonderful acting is what sets this film on a high pedestal. Gabourey Sidibe, a relatively unknown and novice actress, gives an astounding turn as an unloved, overweight, pregnant teen mom.<\/p>\n

She is abused by both of her parents in separate ways and seems to have a life of pain ahead of her.<\/p>\n

Paula Patton, who has been in several fluff films, impresses as a teacher who takes a shine to Precious. Mariah Carey is simply unrecognizable as a plain-looking social worker, who is also a sympathetic character.<\/p>\n

However, actress and comedienne, Mo’Nique plays an unfeeling, brutal, violent mother to the hilt and holds nothing back. Her Best Supporting Actress Oscar win was deserving.<\/p>\n

Everyone should see this fantastic slice-of-life film.<\/p>\n

Oscar Nominations: 2 wins-<\/strong>Best Picture, Best Director-Lee Daniels, Best Actress-Gabourey Sidibe, Best Supporting Actress-Mo’Nique (won)<\/strong>, Best Adapted Screenplay (won)<\/strong>, Best Film Editing<\/p>\n

Independent Spirit Award Nominations: 5 wins-<\/strong>Best Feature (won)<\/strong>, Best Director-Lee Daniels (won)<\/strong>, Best Female Lead-Gabourey Sidibe (won)<\/strong>, Best Supporting Female-Mo’Nique (won)<\/strong>, Best First Screenplay (won)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire-2009 Director Lee Daniels Starring Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique Scott’s Review #581 Reviewed January 2, 2017 Grade: A Precious is an amazing film and one of the best to come out of the year 2009. Due to the hype, I had high expectations entering the theater and I was … Continue reading Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire-2009<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[308,356,192,2828,41,211,2826,2833,2830,2829,1405,2831,2832,2827],"tags":[309,357,193,2836,73,212,2834,2841,2838,2837,1409,2839,2840,2835],"class_list":["post-5258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2009-movie-reviews","category-best-feature-independent-spirit-award","category-dramas","category-gabourey-sidibe","category-indiefilms","category-indie-dramas","category-lee-daniels","category-lenny-kravitz","category-mariah-carey","category-monique","category-oprah-winfrey","category-paula-patton","category-sherri-shepherd","category-tyler-perry","tag-2009-movie-reviews","tag-best-feature-independent-spirit-award","tag-dramas-2","tag-gabourey-sidibe","tag-independent-films","tag-indie-dramas","tag-lee-daniels","tag-lenny-kravitz","tag-mariah-carey","tag-monique","tag-oprah-winfrey","tag-paula-patton","tag-sherri-shepherd","tag-tyler-perry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5258"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19729,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5258\/revisions\/19729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}