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Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Sherri Shepherd, Daniela Lavender, Kimberly Russell, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Clarice "Precious" Jones, von allen nur "Precious" gennant, wächst in den 80er-Jahren im New Yorker Stadtteil Harlem in ärmlichen Verhältnissen auf. Das stark übergewichtige 16-jährige Mädchen ist ein Opfer familiärer Gewalt - vom Vater missbraucht, von ihrer alkoholkranken Mutter Mary, die sich vom Sozialamt aushalten lässt, regelmäßig misshandelt und gedemütigt. Precious erwartet ihr zweites Baby, das - ebenso wie sie - im Leben keine Chance zu haben scheint. Erst als sie einem alternativen Lernprojekt zugeteilt und dabei endlich ernst genommen wird, scheint sich ihr Schicksal langsam zum Besseren zu wenden. (Das Erste)
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My eyes are wide, my jaw has hit the floor and my brain can hardly believe that something like this is still possible in a civilised society, it’s a pity that it doesn’t quite manage to get to the heart. The problem perhaps is mine, the story is so awful that I didn’t have the courage to get into it. PS: The mother in Precious is one of the most disgusting characters in film, and I’m including Alien and the moth mutant from The X-Files.
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Few things are more disgusting to me than blatant depression, and Precious did nothing but give me the first third of it. Everyone is mean, everything is a mess, everything is disgusting. It was only the determined teacher Blue Rain with her program "Each one teach one" who saved the lifeline from collapsing under all that pessimism. But it was definitely not a bad movie. Everyone acts really well, and after everything, I just have to root for the main heroine. However, it's definitely not an exceptionally special event.
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This certainly deserves an Oscar. Not even Sarah Connor was such a demonic mother. In the second half, the movie runs out of breath and changes from a harsh social probe into a regular tearjerker (well, not completely regular, but you know what I mean) with a happy ending (ehem... more or less, the movie ends before... doh! I don’t want to drop a spoiler :D). But in places I found it really entertaining. The Hulk-type run-in with the TV, an excellent fight and sometimes some snappy lines that might expect from Joe Hallenback.
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