Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Lionsgate | Release Date: November 6, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
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Generally favorable reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews
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31
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3
Negative:
2
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SlateDana Stevens
In its eagerness to drag us through the lower depths of human experience, Precious leaves no space for the audience to breathe or to draw our own conclusions. For a film about empowerment and self-actualization, it wields an awfully large cudgel. Read full review
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The New YorkerAnthony Lane
What we have here is a fouled-up fairy tale of oppression and empowerment, and it’s hard not to be ensnared by its mixture of rank maleficence and easy reverie. The gap between being genuinely stirred and having your arm twisted, however, is narrower than we care to admit. Read full review
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