Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

I don't want to go into a long, drawn out synopsis of the film. Many reviewers have done that already. I will say that I am shocked at the leaping reviews - touting this film as "amazing". Quite frankly, it isn't.... Full review

I had the pleasure of getting to watch this movie at the Writers Guild Theatre with a Q&A after with Gabby Sidibe and Paula Patton present. Maria Carey couldn't make the Q&A because she got taken by Jay Leno that same... Full review

A fine film. An American urban working class drama, it manages to steer clear of almost every possible idiomatic pothole created by predecessors charging blithely down the same street. It seems real - only the controlled framing tells you that it's... Full review

I won't try to deny my slight bias while I was watching this movie. To be in a theater among many movie enthusiasts, and most importantly the director of the film (Lee Daniels) and the author of the novel (Sapphire) will... Full review

Just saw "Precious" at an advanced screening last night. Pretty impressive film. The lead, Gabby , gives a fantastic, honest performance of a societal reject who's esteem and self worth has been eradicated by her loathsome mother and the people around... Full review

I just came home, seeing this wonderful film. I love it. It is dignified, well acted, not as over-the-top-American_Dream as I often see. My only big remark is: there is a scene where the camera travels around Precious, showing all images... Full review

Precious finally made her way to the Vancouver International Film Festival last night as did one Mr. Lee Daniels. Overall I am left with a feeling of a movie that at it's heart is simply pandering to give a typical film... Full review

I saw Precious at the New York Film Festival yesterday. As you may know, Precious is the only film to ever win the Audience Award at both the Sundance and Toronto International Film Festivals. The film has been highly hyped since... Full review

'Precious' is treacherous ground for audiences and movie reviewers. How can you be critical of a 300-pound sexually abused, illiterate 16-year-old black Harlem teenager who betters herself? Moreover the film has the warm endorsement of Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry. Oprah... Full review

This is a book that I could not seem to put down although at times it was so horrific and horribly sad that I had to walk away and come back. Sapphire's writing caused me to step into the life of... Full review

Problems With 'Precious....Yet movie critics are broadly uneasy about the film, with many suggesting it crosses the line between inspired film making and exploitation.....actress Gabourey Sidibe's performance as the ill-fated Precious received particular praise.....The movie's heroine is poor, black, HIV-positive, abused by her mother, twice pregnant by her father, and morbidly obese..... ... Full Review

`Precious' is great American cinema....You could call "Precious" one of those little miracles of independent film....Carey delivers warmly and honestly in a small role as a social worker, a surprising turnaround from her laughable musical bomb "Glitter..... ... Full Review

The film recovers briefly when Precious' ordeal is acknowledged as being at least in part a function of her mother's.....For even as Precious suffers and suffers, the problem with Precious....this story is upsetting.....Precious' pile-on of adversity comes to the big screen courtesy of celebrity "presenters" Oprah and Tyler Perry and director Lee Daniels.... ... Full Review

an overwhelming, masterful dramatic film .......The film is being called "inspiring," "powerful," "potent and moving," and....Mo'Nique is utterly brilliant.....It's an astonishingly powerful performance.....In a striking non-star turn, Mariah Carey is credible ....... ... Full Review

This is an exceptional film about nearly unendurable circumstances, endured.....when we get to know a host of tough, smart characters on their own terms..... ... Full Review

"Precious," a small film about a big, abused girl, might not have garnered much attention. But Oprah Winfrey took notice, and now there's Oscar buzz for star Gabby Sidibe. ... Full Article

PST Toronto -- Director Lee Daniels was about to be presented with the Sundance Film Festival's top prize for his movie "Precious" when his cell phone rang. ... Full Article

London, November 8 (ANI): Madonna was declined from producing acclaimed new movie 'Precious', author Sapphire has revealed. Sapphire said the Queen of Pop was eager to be associated with the film adapted from 1996 novel Push. ... Full Article

In Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire , Sidibe stars in the title role: Claireece "Precious" Jones, an obese, abused 16-year-old pregnant for the second time - by her father. ... Full Article

I had the opportunity to watch the trailer for "Precious" and was immediately taken aback by the cast members and the overall theme. Mariah Carey was unrecognizable, and Mo'Nique was just raw like I've never seen her. ... Full Article

The reviews are so gushy that they'd have to go straight to your head. For the comic actress Mo'Nique, Precious , opening in Dallas on Friday, has become the classic big break, that once-in-a-lifetime star turn that changes a career. ... Full Article