“Love beat me, rape me, make me feel worthless, love made me sick, love made me feel like an animal” said Claireece “Precious” Jones as she let out her frustrations.
Having had to endure an endless amount of hardship, Precious tells her story through the lenses of an illiterate mother of two.
This film Precious (2009), presented by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry captures the life of a sixteen year old teen that since the age of three has had to put up with constant molestation from her father and a never ending amount of physical and mental abuse from her mother. Life in Harlem was not easy for Precious, especially since she was thrown out of her Junior High school simply because she did not “fit” with the other students who were not pregnant. At this point throughout the film Claireece “Precious” Jones feel she has nothing to look forward to, but let’s not be so negative. There are a few good people in this world who are willing to lend a helping hand to people who are less fortunate like Precious. When Precious is offered to continue her education at an “alternative” school, she is a bit hesitant because her mother makes her feel less capable than others but yet this feeling of entrapment, is the same feeling that makes her want to continue with her education. Throughout her journey, Precious encounters several different people who grow to love her for who she is and for the heart that she possesses. She is treated like a human being despite her figure, color and history. At Each One Teach One, her alternative school, she learns what the true meaning of love is when she meets her bigger than life ABC teacher, Ms. Blue Rains, played by Paula Patton. It is here, at her school that Precious builds a name for herself. She forms bonds with people that are her complete opposite, she lives to tell and write what makes her happy, what makes her sad, what it is like to be her, and most importantly, she lives to tell that despite the fact that her children and her share the same father, her reason to continue school is to give her kids a better life.
Precious is a film that captures the attention of an audience because it makes us want to jump into the screen and help the character of Precious live a normal life. It is a film that involuntarily forces us to feel sorry for this young girl but best of all, it is a film that at its end, makes the crowd scream with excitement and cry with joy because Precious has finally stood up for herself and has stood up against the system that keeps her down every day. All of the great actors who were involved in this film, especially the vivacious Mo’Nique, all deserve a life-long establishment of Oscar’s for their “edge of the seat” performance!
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“Love beat me, rape me, make me feel worthless, love made me sick, love made me feel like an animal” said Claireece “Precious” Jones as she let out her frustrations. Having had to endure an endless amount of hardship, Precious tells her story through the lenses of an illiterate mother of two.
This film Precious (2009), presented by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry captures the life of a sixteen year old teen that since the age of three has had to put up with constant molestation from her father and a never ending amount of physical and mental abuse from her mother. Life in Harlem was not easy for Precious, especially since she was thrown out of her Junior High school simply because she did not “fit” with the other students who were not pregnant. At this point throughout the film Claireece “Precious” Jones feel she has nothing to look forward to, but let’s not be so negative. There are a few good people in this world who are willing to lend a helping hand to people who are less fortunate like Precious. When Precious is offered to continue her education at an “alternative” school, she is a bit hesitant because her mother makes her feel less capable than others but yet this feeling of entrapment, is the same feeling that makes her want to continue with her education. Throughout her journey, Precious encounters several different people who grow to love her for who she is and for the heart that she possesses. She is treated like a human being despite her figure, color and history. At Each One Teach One, her alternative school, she learns what the true meaning of love is when she meets her bigger than life ABC teacher, Ms. Blue Rains, played by Paula Patton. It is here, at her school that Precious builds a name for herself. She forms bonds with people that are her complete opposite, she lives to tell and write what makes her happy, what makes her sad, what it is like to be her, and most importantly, she lives to tell that despite the fact that her children and her share the same father, her reason to continue school is to give her kids a better life.
Precious is a film that captures the attention of an audience because it makes us want to jump into the screen and help the character of Precious live a normal life. It is a film that involuntarily forces us to feel sorry for this young girl but best of all, it is a film that at its end, makes the crowd scream with excitement and cry with joy because Precious has finally stood up for herself and has stood up against the system that keeps her down every day. All of the great actors who were involved in this film, especially the vivacious Mo’Nique, all deserve a life-long establishment of Oscar’s for their “edge of the seat” performance!