Precious, a movie about an illiterate girl who goes by the name Precious living in the slums of 1980′s Harlem.  After getting raped, she is now carrying the second child of her father and who is gone, and now living with her lazy mom who abuses her constantly both mentally and physically.  Precious gets introduced to an alternative school as a way to learn the basics to provide hope for her and her children to have a better life.

The movie is well done, and although an independent movie will most likely be up for the Best Picture nomination at the Oscar’s this year.  The film was very well acted especially by new comer Gabby Sidibe who plays Precious in this gritty, tale of a young girl searching for survival and looking for hope when there seems to be no way out.  Mariah Carey even stops in for a quality minor role.  I had to do a double take before I even realized it was really her up on the screen.  This is one of the better movies of the year, go check it out.

Snap review of Precious