First review.
Just finished watching this movie and the emotions are still lingering very strongly. This is one of those movies that you notice yourself exhale at the end of. I think the most emotionally trying part of it is Mo'Nique's performance as the abusive mother. Her turn at the end of the movie was absolutely devastating. It really made the movie more about her than even Precious. The direction was extremely deliberate. In most cases, critics use that as a ngative term, but for this movie, Lee Daniels' direction is extremely well placed and I thought that the movie excelled at causing the viewer to empathize with Precious. The score/soundtrack was very unique, and was an obvious tool used by the director to show how Precious's life kept moving. Throughout her struggles she had to keep living. I thought the use of music emphasized her pace through everyday life extremely well. In all, I'm extremely happy that this movie made the cut into the top ten for best pic at the academy this year, as it was a heavy duty film approached with great humility in its production and direction. Precious also dealt very frankly with the issue of sexual abuse, but it did not dwell upon it. Daniels spent great care to show the impact the abuse had on everyone involved's life, yet did not let the tone become too devastating. Some will disagree with me, but I did not think it was too heavy-handed. Nor did I feel as though it hit the viewer over the head with a moral or too much of a narrow focus. Well balanced, superbly acted, and thoughtfully shot, this is definitely one of the best pictures of the year.
Just finished watching this movie and the emotions are still lingering very strongly. This is one of those movies that you notice yourself exhale at the end of. I think the most emotionally trying part of it is Mo'Nique's performance as the abusive mother. Her turn at the end of the movie was absolutely devastating. It really made the movie more about her than even Precious. The direction was extremely deliberate. In most cases, critics use that as a ngative term, but for this movie, Lee Daniels' direction is extremely well placed and I thought that the movie excelled at causing the viewer to empathize with Precious. The score/soundtrack was very unique, and was an obvious tool used by the director to show how Precious's life kept moving. Throughout her struggles she had to keep living. I thought the use of music emphasized her pace through everyday life extremely well. In all, I'm extremely happy that this movie made the cut into the top ten for best pic at the academy this year, as it was a heavy duty film approached with great humility in its production and direction. Precious also dealt very frankly with the issue of sexual abuse, but it did not dwell upon it. Daniels spent great care to show the impact the abuse had on everyone involved's life, yet did not let the tone become too devastating. Some will disagree with me, but I did not think it was too heavy-handed. Nor did I feel as though it hit the viewer over the head with a moral or too much of a narrow focus. Well balanced, superbly acted, and thoughtfully shot, this is definitely one of the best pictures of the year.
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