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You'd be forgiven for not recognizing Mariah Carey in her role as a dowdy welfare caseworker in the urban drama "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire." ... Full Article
Will the stars return to Aspen this winter? Aspen Film thinks they will and is gearing up for its 19th annual Academy Screenings. The idea is that so many members of the academy are in town going downhill that they... ... Full Article
Connect to Facebook/Twitter, recommend via email and much more. Lee Daniels? directorial debut "Shadowboxer" (2005) was so aggressively tasteless and obstinately implausible that it left some critics traumatized. ... Full Article
Movie Review: Precious
blogcritics.org –
2009-11-21
Cornered by poverty, darkness, Harlem, flatiron buildings, and close-set eyes, Precious survives. Lee Daniels directs Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton, Mo'Nique, and Mariah Carey, among others, who make up the stellar cast of Precious , based on the book Push by... ... Full Article
Poverty is ugly. Every now and then, we need to be reminded of that. "Precious," the brutal and unflinching film based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire, gives us neediness at its ugliest and most shocking. ... Full Article
More than Precious
signonsandiego.com –
2009-11-20
Abuse victims approach her on the street to thank her, and Hollywood pundits predict she's a shoo-in contender for Oscar gold. But before 355-pound, Harlem-raised Gabourey Sidibe was plucked from obscurity to play the powerful title role of "Precious," she... ... Full Article
A reinforcement of noxious stereotypes or a realistic and therapeutic portrayal of a black family in America? "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," the new film about an obese, poor, illiterate, young black woman who is sexually and... ... Full Article
'Precious' is wrenching but worthy
syracuse.com –
2009-11-20
Precious is seriously obese, the mother of one infant with another due, thanks to her abusive father, and harassed by her lazy, selfish mother who calls her stupid and tells her to quit school and go on welfare. ... Full Article
Movie Review | Precious
dispatch.com –
2009-11-20
You couldn't find a more extreme opposite of the glossy teenagers of New Moon than the title character of Precious . And all those vampires and werewolves of the Twilight franchise don't know a fraction of the pain, rage and... ... Full Article
Actress reinforces: She isn't character
dispatch.com –
2009-11-20
Precious co-stars Paula Patton, left, and Gabourey Sidibe Gabourey Sidibe has reminded many interviewers in recent weeks: The actress isn't a Precious type of teenager -- a victim of abuse with little, if any, self-esteem. ... Full Article