This year’s smash winner at Sundance, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, a modern-day fairy tale about an African-American girl bursting with hope, pain, and exhilaration, is destined to be one of the fall’s biggest movies—as well as a serious player during awards season. Newcomer Gabourey Sidibe stars as Claireece “Precious” Jones, a pregnant, illiterate, overweight teenager living with her mother, Mary (Mo’Nique), who treats her like a slave. Trained in self-hatred—she fantasizes about being white and blonde—this inner-city Cinderella appears doomed. Then she begins meeting decent people who want to save her; in particular, her teacher, Ms. Rain (Paula Patton), who glimpses Precious’s true beauty, and the sturdy social worker, Mrs. Weiss, played so convincingly that you may not realize that the actress is Mariah Carey. For the first time, Precious starts fighting to make a decent life for herself.
CANT WAIT TO SEE IT 
