Precious

Precious

110 mins | Drama | Nov. 6, 2009

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.

Precious

110 mins | Drama | Nov. 6, 2009

Precious
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Smokewood Entertainment Group
Original title Precious
Directors Lee Daniels
Writers Sapphire, Geoffrey Fletcher

Cast

Gabourey Sidibe

as Claireece "Precious" Jones

Mo'Nique

as Mary Lee Johnston

Paula Patton

as Blu Rain

Mariah Carey

as Mrs. Weiss

Lenny Kravitz

as John McFadden

Sherri Shepherd

as Lisa Cornrows

Stephanie Andujar

as Rita Romero

Chyna Layne

as Rhonda Patrice Johnson

Amina Robinson

as Jermaine

Xosha Roquemore

as Joann

Angelic Zambrana

as Consuelo

Aunt Dot

as Tootsie

Nealla Gordon

as Mrs. Lichtenstien

Grace Hightower

as Social Worker

Barret Helms

as Tom Cruise (as Barret Isaiah Mindell)

Kimberly Russell

as Katherine

Bill Sage

as Mr. Wicher

Susan Taylor

as Fairy Godmother

Kendall Toombs

as Abdul, New Born

Alexander Toombs

as Abdul, New Born

Cory Davis

as Abdul, 9 Months

Rochelle McNaughton

as AIDS Clerk

Abigail Savage

as Bunny