After watching this movie, I feel as if I've witnessed something important, an eye-opening portrait of TRUE life in the suburbs of Harlem that question the meaning of happiness I've gained from the easy, comfortable life I've led so far.
Clarisse 'Precious' Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) is a sixteen-year old African-American girl, extremely overweight, illiterate and expecting her second child from her own father, who raped her. She lives with her mother (Mo'Nique), a smoking lazy bum. She's angry at Precious for 'stealing her man' and for having given him more children. Precious frequently imagines herself as a glamorous celebrity, beautiful and adored by people, and she retreats into her daydreams every time something bad happens to her...which is happening every day. When she meets her new teacher, Ms. Blu Rain (Paula Patton), the teenager will discover a new love she never had before.
Ms. Rain is the kind of teacher we’ve seen in Dangerous Minds and Lean On Me . For me it’s amazing to see a teacher who go beyond the curriculum and the school administration board to help their students realize their potential. The teacher in this movie is a sweetheart but she can get strict when her class needs to be put back in order. She has to be since her small class is made up of street hardened ladies that have learned early on the rule of street that is to fight for your honor.
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| Precious: Nobody loves me...huhuhu |
There are a lot of lessons and insights to gain from the movie but for me it was that reminder that even in the hardest of situations there is a hope , there is a solution, there is a way out of the trouble. If you look hard enough you can find love and if you look even harder you can find a way to love your life and yourself.
** I am still haunted from the scene where Precious' mother threw TV on her.. thank God she avoided it..
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