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MarkWaldorf 15-01-2010 03:22 PM

Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
 
Could have sworn I made a thread ages ago, but w/e. As a huge Mariah fan I've been waiting for this film for a few years now and I'm so glad it's finally released and being nominated for so many awards. I haven't seen it yet, but it looks amazing. It's released 29th January in the UK, but it's an independant movie so I'm not sure if its only getting a limited release.



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Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the story of Claireece Precious Jones, a sixteen-year-old African-American girl born into a life no one would want. Shes pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, a poisonously angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is a place of chaos, and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and an awful secret: she can neither read nor write. Precious may sometimes be down, but she is never out. Beneath her impassive expression is a watchful, curious young woman with an inchoate but unshakeable sense that other possibilities exist for her. Threatened with expulsion, Precious is offered the chance to transfer to an alternative school, Each One/Teach One. Precious doesnt know the meaning of alternative, but her instincts tell her this is the chance she has been waiting for. In the literacy workshop taught by the patient yet firm Ms. Rain, Precious begins a journey that will lead her from darkness, pain and powerlessness to light, love and self-determination.

MissKittyFantastico 15-01-2010 03:55 PM

I really want to see this, it sounds like my kind of film.

Tom4784 15-01-2010 05:35 PM

It's meant to be brilliant, I wouldn't mind watching it.

setanta 15-01-2010 05:42 PM

I saw it a month or so ago. Powerful, harrowing stuff with wonderful performances from everyone involved. Even Mariah Carey was convincing in it!

MarkWaldorf 15-01-2010 07:56 PM

Is Mariah in it much?

Firewire 15-01-2010 07:59 PM

It looks good.

Mariah looks... different.

setanta 15-01-2010 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkWaldorf (Post 2876251)
Is Mariah in it much?

Not so much no, but she's in a pivotal scene that will break your heart. So emotional.

MarkWaldorf 15-01-2010 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by setanta (Post 2876309)
Not so much no, but she's in a pivotal scene that will break your heart. So emotional.

:( Eeek!

setanta 15-01-2010 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkWaldorf (Post 2876479)
:( Eeek!

It's fairly harrowing stuff, but brilliantly performed.

MarkWaldorf 15-01-2010 09:22 PM

I hope it sweeps the Golden Globes this weekend!

setanta 15-01-2010 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkWaldorf (Post 2877000)
I hope it sweeps the Golden Globes this weekend!

Best bet is in the supporting actress catagory.


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