Precious

• Movie

  Type

• 2009

  Year

• 1h 50m

  Runtime

• ★ 7.2

  Rating

• Drama

  Genre

Set 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; 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

Gabourey Sidibe

Precious

Mo'Nique

Mary

Paula Patton

Ms. Rain

Mariah Carey

Mrs. Weiss

Lenny Kravitz

Nurse John

Sherri Shepherd

Cornrows

Stephanie Andujar

Rita

Chyna Layne

Rhonda

Amina Robinson

Jermaine

Xosha Roquemore

Joann

Angelic Zambrana

Consuelo

Aunt Dot

Tootsie