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Synopsis: In Harlem, 1987. Sixteen year old Claireece Jones - who goes by her middle name Precious - is an illiterate, overweight black girl. She is pregnant with her second child, both children fathered by her biological father, who has continually raped her since she was a child, but who she doesn't see otherwise. Her infant daughter, Mongo - such named since she has Down Syndrome - lives with Precious' grandmother. Precious lives with her mother Mary, who abuses Precious both physically and emotionally. Mary does nothing but smoke, watch television and collect welfare through fraud (as she doesn't ever look for a job) and believes that education does nothing for Precious, who she would rather also collect welfare if only to bring money into the household. To escape her life, Precious often daydreams of herself in glamorous situations. Because of her current pregnancy, Precious' principal transfers her into an alternative school. In dealing with the school's sympathetic teacher Miss Blu Rain,
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Lee Daniels
Production: Lionsgate Films
  Won 2 Oscars. Another 111 wins & 98 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
R
Year:
2009
110 min
£47,536,959
Website
10,924 Views


your f***ing mouth shut.

Just 'cause he gonna give you

more children than he give me,

you think you something f***ing special?

F*** you and f*** him!

Precious!

Precious! Precious!

Get down here, b*tch!

You brought that white b*tch up

in my house!

You...

Why would you bring that b*tch up in here?

I didn't bring her here.

Well, why the f*** did she ring my buzzer?

I can't hear you, Precious.

Since you got

so much motherfucking mouth,

and you gonna bring a b*tch up

in my house,

why would that b*tch ring

my goddamn buzzer?

I didn't tell her to come here.

See, I think right now, you feeling

like you're becoming a grown woman.

'Cause of that sh*t you pulled

in the kitchen.

I should've f***ed you up,

but I let you walk away,

and I let you come get yourself together.

But, b*tch, I'm gonna let you know

if you ever pull that sh*t on me again,

that will be your last

motherfucking day standing,

I promise you that.

You gonna send a white b*tch

to my motherfucking buzzer?

Talking about some higher education?

You're a dummy, b*tch,

you will never know sh*t.

Don't nobody want you.

Don't nobody need you.

You done f***ed around

and f***ed my motherfucking man

and had two motherfucking children,

and one of them is a goddamn animal,

running around,

looking crazy as a motherf***er.

B*tch, you know what?

See, I think you... I think you're trying me.

I think you're really trying to f*** with me.

You're f***ing with my money.

And you're gonna stand up there

and look down at me

like you're a motherfucking woman.

I'm gonna show you

what real women do, b*tch.

See, you don't know

what real motherfucking women do.

Real motherfucking women sacrifice.

I should've aborted your motherfucking ass.

'Cause you ain't sh*t.

I knew it the day the doctors put you

in my goddamn hand

you wasn't a goddamn thing,

and you have that smirk

on your face, b*tch?

Get it off your f***ing face!

Now smile about that!

Smile about that, you fat b*tch.

I'm gonna kill you, b*tch!

Get off me, b*tch!

And "blank" and eggs?

- Bacon?

- Right.

- And "What's up, Doc?" He eats these.

- Carrots.

- Right. And ice, it comes in a tray.

- Ice cubes.

Right. And the best part

of the steak. The...

- The T-bone. The...

- No.

- Filet mignon.

- Right!

- And an English... Thomas' English...

- Muffin!

- Right.

- That's it!

You really need to get some rest.

You have such a big day

ahead of you tomorrow.

And remember, Mommy loves you.

Describe these things that are planned.

Things that are planned. Ready? Go!

Precious, you know I love you.

I'm gonna kick that white lady

out of my house,

move you in with me.

Wanna live in Westchester?

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