Precious

[giggirl]

Has anyone seen this? I saw it yesterday and I wept buckets. It's not an easy watch to say the least but I would urge you to give it a go. The leading lady is way beyond excellent. It has Mariah Carey in it too (Mariah who "doesn't do stairs") and, guess what, she's excellent. Who knew? So there's yet another lesson learned not to pre-judge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5FYahzVU44

Whenever things are bad for Precious she goes to her her little inner fantasy world and it was a moving reminder that we all have hopes and dreams and we all aspire to a better life.

[brum]

Not seen it but the trailer is excellent. A tough subject to tackle.

[womanofdulwich]

i had a good weep at it too. and went to see the blind side the following week. I had not realised the blind side was based on a true story - was precious too? we don't realise how lucky we are sometimes do we.

[mazza7103]

they are showing it at prince charles cinema and i was thinking of seeing it soon

[Jeremy]

Watchable enough. But I actually found it a bit cheesy, which is quite an accomplishment considering the subject matter. Oprah definitely left her mark.

[giggirl]

You may be right Jeremy but it comes down to how you define cheesy. Me, I cringe at the ubiquitous Hollywood happy ending because it rarely happens like that in real life so it leaves me cold when I see it on the screen. What doesn't ever make me cringe is when the human spirit rises against all the odds and fights for a better life. That's what I saw happen in Precious. I'm the first to admit that that's a very "Oprah" thing - but it just happens to be my own sensibility. I really can see how someone might see that as cheesy though.

[boosboss]

I saw it a while back and thought it was a very powerful film. I did struggle to understand what Precious was saying much of the time, she seemed to mumble an awful lot! Still enjoyed it though.