UK Release: Friday 29th January 2010
Precious (15)
Is Britian ready for a movie about an obese Harlem girl raped and impregnated by her abusive father?
Why would anyone care about a poor, 300-pound, uneducated black girl as dark as night?
The answer to this question is what this film is ultimately about.”
So, now The New Black wonders, will the desire to ‘see it for yourself’ drive the movie to mainstream success?
Producer Tyler Perry’s tremendous success at Lionsgate, generally unheralded in the mainstream media, could be the key to this film finding its way (and of course, Oprah’s influential blessing certainly won’t hurt). Perry’s core audience in the states, is older and female (and black), a group that could connect with “Precious.”
But, will the movie go beyond its base in the UK and make £1 Million or £10 Million at the box office? It’ll likely land somewhere in between, but where? And what about the persistent whispers that the movie is “too urban”?
What does that really mean anyway? A tough story, with an all black cast set in Harlem, was judged by many in the industry as too much for mainstream audiences to handle.
Introducing Gabourey Sidibe as Precious and featuring comedian Mo’Nique as her drugged out mom, rocker Lenny Kravitz as a male nurse and pop diva Mariah Carey as a social worker... Precious is a movie that clearly speaks to people.
DON'T MISS IT!
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