Precious (2009)
Rating: 7.3/10
Duration: 110 min
Genres: Drama,
Director(s): Lee Daniels,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Gabourey Sidibe as Claireece "Precious" Jones
- Mo'Nique as Mary Lee Johnston
- Paula Patton as Blu Rain
- Lenny Kravitz as John McFadden
- Sherri Shepherd as Lisa Cornrows
- Mariah Carey as Mrs. Weiss
- Nealla Gordon as Mrs. Lichtenstien
- Amina Robinson as Jermaine
- Xosha Roquemore as Joann
- Angelic Zambrana as Consuelo
- Stephanie Andujar as Rita Romero
- Chyna Layne as Rhonda Patrice Johnson
- Aunt Dot as Tootsie
- Grace Hightower as Social Worker
- Barret Helms as Tom Cruise (as Barret Isaiah Mindell)