Film Forum

U.S., 2009
Directed by Lee Daniels
With Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey
Screenplay by Geoffrey S. Fletcher
WINNER Academy Awards® – Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress, 2010
Approx. 110 min. DCP.

“The year is 1987, and when the pregnant Precious isn’t stealing fried chicken or ducking punches from Mary (Mo’Nique), the mom from hell, she’s barely coping with ninth grade and caring for Little Mongo, her Down-syndrome child whom Mary tolerates only for the value of her welfare checks. No wonder Precious has fantasies of walking red carpets and seeing herself as a skinny blond supermodel. Her real future is all dead ends until she is transferred to an alternative school.” – Rolling Stone

Presented with support from the Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film

Reviews

“An emotional powerhouse. A triumph of bruising humor and bracing hope.”
– Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

“A film full of life and love, well-meaning and, judging by the reaction in the US, a genuine and important phenomenon that says act — don’t dwell — on your dreams.”
– Dave Calhoun, Time Out