Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009)

Name: Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Genre: Drama
Released: 2009-11-06
Duration: 110 min
Cast: Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd

For precious girls everywhere.

In Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father, and at home she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret – she can't read.

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Released 2009-11-06 · 110 min · Drama

Directed by Lee Daniels

Cast

Gabourey Sidibe as Precious
Mo'Nique as Mary
Paula Patton as Ms. Rain
Mariah Carey as Ms. Weiss
Sherri Shepherd as Cornrows
Lenny Kravitz as Nurse John
Stephanie Andujar as Rita
Chyna Layne as Rhonda
Amina Robinson as Jermaine
Xosha Roquemore as Joann
Angelic Zambrana as Consuelo
Aunt Dot as Toosie
Nealla Gordon as Mrs. Lichenstein
Grace Hightower as Socialworker
Barret Helms as Tom Cruise