- HD 1080
- Runtime: 110m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Lee Daniels
- Stars: Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz
- keywords: rape, aids, illiteracy, unwillingly pregnant, balloon, school, crying, motorcycle, cynical, harlem, new york city, angry, aggressive, frantic, 1980s, abusive mother, desperate, furious, apathetic, callous, derogatory, enraged, frightened, frustrated, harsh, horrified
- Production_studio: Smokewood Entertainment Group, Lee Daniels Entertainment
- Slogan: We are all precious
- The Precious is featured in the top rankings of 2009
- #41 in Top Drama Movies of 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.
