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Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

For precious girls everywhere.

  • Movie
  • 2009
  • R
  • 1h 50m

Directed by Lee Daniels

7.3

TMDB audience rating
7.3 out of 10 from 1,843 votes

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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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Cast and crew

  • Gabourey Sidibe

    Gabourey SidibePrecious

  • Mo'Nique

    Mo'NiqueMary

  • Paula Patton

    Paula PattonMs. Rain

  • Mariah Carey

    Mariah CareyMs. Weiss

  • Sherri Shepherd

    Sherri ShepherdCornrows

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Lenny KravitzNurse John

  • Stephanie Andujar

    Stephanie AndujarRita

  • Chyna Layne

    Chyna LayneRhonda

  • Amina RobinsonJermaine

  • Xosha Roquemore

    Xosha RoquemoreJoann

  • Angelic Zambrana

    Angelic ZambranaConsuelo

  • Aunt DotToosie

  • Nealla Gordon

    Nealla GordonMrs. Lichenstein

  • Grace HightowerSocialworker

  • Barret HelmsTom Cruise

  • Kimberly Russell

    Kimberly RussellKatherine

  • Bill Sage

    Bill SageMr Wicher

  • Susan TaylorFairy Godmother

Director
Lee Daniels
Writer
Geoffrey S. Fletcher and Sapphire
Music
Mario Grigorov
Cinematography
Andrew Dunn