Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
One of the movies up for the Best Picture oscar is Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. It was released today, and well, wanting to be up on the Academy Award nominees, and see one of the winners (Mo’Nique wins Best Supporting Actress for this role). Can’t really say that I knew what to expect from this one.
In short, it’s an Oprah Winfrey presented story about an overweight inner city teenager who is pregnant with her second child. It shares with you her struggles to obtain a life and her strength to better herself and pull herself out of the unfortunate circumstances which are not her fault.
It’s a tough one to watch. It’s hard to see how cruelly people can treat each other – but on the flip side it is amazing how far a little kindness goes. I don’t know that I can really empathize well with the characters here, because honestly I can’t imagine myself in that kind of situation – but I know it has to be really hard. If you take the time to watch this and honestly feel what’s going on, you can’t help but feel grateful for your life, no matter how hard you think you have it. I know I don’t have it very good, but in comparison my gratitude meter has gone up.
P.S. It is also amazing to see how the character changes over time as the education she is getting (and honestly it isn’t a whole lot) sinks in and makes her more refined and “with it” if that makes sense.
Rated R. 109 minutes (1 hour 49 minutes). Profanity out the wazoo!
