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, and 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.
Release: 2009
Rating: 7.32
Genre: Drama
Duration: 110 min
Country: United States of America
Production: Smokewood Entertainment Group, Lee Daniels Entertainment
Gabourey Sidibe
as Precious
Mo'Nique
as Mary
Paula Patton
as Ms. Rain
Mariah Carey
as Ms. Weiss
Sherri Shepherd
as Cornrows
Lenny Kravitz
as Nurse John