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| Director: | 
Lee Daniels |  | 
Writer: | 
Damien Paul, Sapphire |  | 
Starring: | 
Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe, Paula Patton, Mo'Nique, Mariah Carey |  | 
Released: | 
February, 2010 |  | 
Rating: | 
 
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Runtime: | 
110 minutes
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Websites: | 
 
 
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Story: | 
Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the story of Claireece "Precious" Jones (Gabourey 
Sidibe), a sixteen-year-old African-American girl born into a life no one would want. 
She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand 
and foot on her mother (Mo'Nique), a poisonously angry woman who abuses her 
emotionally and physically. School is a place of chaos, and Precious has reached the 
ninth grade with good marks and an awful secret: she can neither read nor write.
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Cast: | 
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Gabourey Sidibe
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Precious |  | 
Mo'Nique
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Mary |  | 
Paula Patton
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Ms. Rain |  | 
Mariah Carey
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Mrs. Weiss |  | 
Sherri Shepherd
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Cornrows |  | 
Lenny Kravitz
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Nurse John |  | 
Stephanie Andujar
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Rita |  | 
Chyna Layne
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Rhonda |  | 
Amina Robinson
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Jermaine |  | 
Xosha Roquemore
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Joann |  | 
Angelic Zambrana
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Consuelo |  | 
Aunt Dot
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Tootsie |  | 
Nealla Gordon
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Mrs. Lichtenstein |  | 
Grace Hightower
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Social Worker |  | 
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