Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

2009 · directed by Lee Daniels

Rating

78/100

Hit

no

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.

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009), directed by Lee Daniels, rates 78/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Paula Patton
• Sherri Shepherd

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