If you like overwrought, heavy handed underdog stories, this is the movie for you. If you prefer grace, subtlety and depth, look elsewhere.

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Lee Daniels’ Precious takes top audience honor at the 45th Chicago International Film Festival.

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Another day, another trailer. This one popped up at the end of last week, but I sat on it because I think we already know what to expect from Precious. Nevertheless, everywhere it plays it gets raved about and it sounds like we’ll be hearing a lot more about it between now and the Oscars [...]

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People love Precious so much, it needs three posters.
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire opens in limited release on November 6.
Source: IMP Awards

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The 2nd poster for the Sundance hit Precious opening November 6.

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The words “Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry Present…” don’t exactly get my cinematic juices flowing, but Precious got a great response at Sundance this year, winning both the Jury and Audience Awards and garnering an armload of positive reviews. The Saul Bass inspired poster is nice too, though I wouldn’t mind if poster artists started [...]

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