Saturday, December 5, 2009

Precious.....

While on our ten-week cross-country road trip I didn't see one movie. Imagine that.... But now I'm home and it is a treat to get back to the cinema. Well, not a treat to see the movie Precious - but it is a movie that I highly recommend.

The title character, Precious is a composite character made up of various young women known by the author. Precious' life has been a horror story - she has been abused in distinct and different demonic ways by both her mother and her father. Abuse that is intolerable. She is trapped by her age, her race, her status, her education, her history and by society. The hopelessness of her life will leave you stunned - there is no fairy-tale ending for Precious. Don't dismiss the movie as a bad downer. The performances are wonderful and you will be grateful for the lessons that Precious can teach us all......

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