

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
For precious girls everywhere.
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $10M
- Box office
- $47.5M
- Language
- English
- rape
- aids
- illiteracy
- unwillingly pregnant
- balloon
- school
- crying
- motorcycle
- cynical
- harlem, new york city
- angry
- aggressive
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival16 Jan 2009
- Theatrical (limited)R6 Nov 2009
- TheatricalR20 Nov 2009
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1529 Jan 2010
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+4 Feb 2010
CanadaCA
- Theatrical (limited)R6 Nov 2009
AustriaAT
- Digital / OTT1226 Mar 2010
BrazilBR
- Theatrical166 Nov 2009
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+27 May 2010
- PhysicalDVD24 Mar 2011
- PhysicalDVD21 Feb 2013
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical154 Feb 2010
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival15 May 2009
- Theatrical123 Mar 2010
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1225 Mar 2010
GreeceGR
- Theatrical18 Feb 2010
HungaryHU
- Digital / OTT1624 Feb 2011
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Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire was released on 6 November 2009.
Audience reviews
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ViciousSnowflake
4/9/2020
This is kind of a rough movie to watch. A very victimized and bullied teen tries to get through life. It ends on a fairly positive note but damn. Incest babies is just a weird, skin crawling topic for me so that is always going to be rough to go through.
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
1/29/2025
Towards the tail end of the 1980s, "Precious" (Gabourey Sidibe) is feeling anything but. Intimidated by her angry, petty criminal, mother "Mary" (Mo'Nique) whilst expecting her second child by her own father. She's 16, big, black and constantly bullied - with little chance of that cycle improving amidst a community that isn't looking for any new problems. Sometimes the only solace this girl can take is when she imagi…
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