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Download Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire Divx Full Movie For almost 90-percent of it's runtime Precious is so bleak and
downright desperate you wouldn't need to explain yourself if you told
me you didn't want to see it. However, should you go against what your
instincts are telling you, you will end up seeing an eternally hopeful
film that is hands-down the best drama I have seen in 2009 so far. This
isn't an easy film to watch, and at times it made my stomach turn, but
to somehow come through everything we bear witness to and walk away
with some sense of "things are going to be better," moved me beyond
measure.
Starring as the title character is Gabourey Sidibe as she opens
herself up to a well of emotion unlike any I have seen all year. Living
in Harlem in 1987, Precious is 16-years-old and pregnant for the second
time by her absent father. She's incredibly overweight, illiterate, at
times makes believe she is a blonde white girl and is forced to wait
hand and foot on her welfare addicted and abusive mother played with
devilish menace by comedian Mo'Nique as if she has been tackling
dramatic roles all her life.
The news in Precious's life rarely
improves and will only get worse, and yet there is a shimmer of hope.
The hope, however, doesn't come out in favor of Precious, per se, as
much as it comes as a result of those around her. By this I am talking
about a particularly moving performance by Paula Patton (Deja Vu)
playing Precious's teacher Ms. Rain as well as an opinion altering
performance by Mariah Carey as a social worker handling Precious's case.
Both
women care for Precious's predicament as much as we do as audience
members, but whereas most of us turn a blind eye in the face of such
adversity, these two women stand up and do what is right. They do it
out of sheer compassion and without thought of reciprocation, outside
of the knowledge they did the right thing and lived up to their own
sense of responsibility.
This is not to say Precious doesn't
play the game of stereotypes or cliched plot devices. As a matter of
fact this film plays it to the hilt. We are talking about dealing with
people that are overweight, poor, lesbian, lacking in self-esteem, have
been raped and are under-age and pregnant. To top it off, the inclusion
of a Down syndrome child may be just enough for naysayers to check out.
It's a lot for one film and the only reason it works is thanks to the
cast that director Lee Daniels brought together to tell the story.
Sidibe
as Precious gives the best performance I have seen all year. Knowing
she is ten years older than her character and after seeing her in a
pair of interviews recently I am all the more convinced she has the
best female performance of the year to this point. Mo'Nique delivers a
performance you would never in a million years expect, but Daniels saw
something in her and he was spot on.
Mariah Carey will most
likely never live down her attempt at acting stardom in Glitter, but
her performance here is transformative and she never skips a beat. And
Paula Patton breathes life, caring and compassion into Ms. Rain that
projects itself throughout the film.
A lot of negative things
have been written about Precious recently, some have been downright
hateful and even judgmental of anyone that likes it. The phrase
"poverty porn" has emanated from some circles and while I can
understand where some of the more level-headed arguments come from,
many of the other naysayers simply seem to be so unhappy and contrarian
it's not even worth the time to read any further into their statements.
For
all the darkness seen in this film it's astonishing the amount of light
that is seen at the end, even though the unsettling nature of it all
was still with me as the credits began to roll. Sidibe created a
character so believable, she not only manages to earn the compassion of
the characters in the film, but also those in the audience. It's a
truly masterful performance in a film I won't soon forget. Download Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire Divx Full Movie Article Source: http://www.ArticleBlast.com |
