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'Precious': Not easy to watch, not easy to forget

Source: Chicago Tribune
London : United Kingdom | 19 days ago  
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  • Actresses Mo'Nique and Sidibe, stars of "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire," greet each other in Hollywood
    Actresses Mo'Nique and Sidibe, stars of "Precious: Based on the novel '...
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  • Screenwriter Fletcher at the AFI Fest 2009 gala screening of Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire in Hollywood
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  • Scene from holiday movie "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire" undated publicity photograph
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  • Director Daniels at the AFI Fest 2009 gala screening of Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire in Hollywood
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  • Actress Sidibe at the AFI Fest 2009 gala screening of Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire in Hollywood
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  • Actress Patton at the AFI Fest 2009 gala screening of Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire in Hollywood
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  • Actress Wilde at the AFI Fest 2009 gala screening of Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire in Hollywood
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Actresses Mo'Nique and Sidibe, stars of "Precious: Based on the novel '...
Mariah Carey and Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious." (Courtesy of Lionsgate) The first 20 minutes of “Precious,” the full title of which is “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” are so intense and pitched so high, you may not feel like sticking it out.
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  • News Source: Christian Science Monitor | 18 days ago
    Boxers like to say that a punch hurts less if you see it coming. I saw just about every punch coming my way in "Precious" and yet it still packs a hurtful wallop. It melodramatizes everything and yet its overall effect is something more than...
  • News Source: CNN | 18 days ago
    Part of the great power of movies is that they can take us perilously close to the life of someone we might otherwise feel perilously far from. The title character of "Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire" is a hushed, damaged, morbidly...
  • News Source: Daily Southtown | 18 days ago
    AP Movie Writer Hollywood has closed specialty divisions that aimed for quality and personal stories, and studios have focused more and more on superhero sagas and action blockbusters. Mariah Carey, Mo'Nique and a lead actress plucked from an...
  • News Source: Chicago Tribune | 18 days ago
    Mariah Carey and Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious." (Courtesy of Lionsgate) The first 20 minutes of “Precious,” the full title of which is “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” are so intense and pitched so high, you may not...
  • News Source: USA Today | 19 days ago
    Though their tales are worlds and centuries apart, two films grapple with soul-killing pain and financial privation. There's the old-shoe familiarity of A Christmas Carol with its well-worn message of a codger who learns the value of generosity and...
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  • Blog Source: worldoftimepass.com
    Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire is a 2009 American drama film, adapted from the 1996 Sapphire novel Push. The film premiered in January 2009 at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury ... The
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    Precious Movie Theaters: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire is a 2009 American drama film, adapted from the 1996 Sapphire novel Push. The film premiered in. ... The trailer for Precious was shown with Perry's film Madea Goes to Jail. The film is
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    Fears that the movie would be viewed as exploitative, or suggest that all black women are like Precious nearly prevented the film from seeing the big screen. In a recent interview on CBS's Sunday Morning Sapphire, who wrote the book, .... The federal
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    Such is the case with her latest film, 'Precious: Based on a Novel by Sapphire,' in which she came on board with Tyler Perry as an executive producer. Directed by Lee Daniels, the film is adapted from author Sapphire's best-selling .... film '
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    Finally, after months of applause, festivals awards, and early Oscar buzz, director Lee Daniels' most bodacious film, 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire,' is being released in limited theaters before expanding nationwide .... film '
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    The sweepstakes is open and offered only to legal residents of the United States age 13 or older. Entries: One time entry only during the promotional peirod which ends on November 15, 2009. Related posts: ...
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