By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

This past weekend, I ventured to the opening of Lee Daniels’film (Oprah Winfrey + Tyler Perry) Precious. The movie is full of hard knocks, depicting abuse (in all its forms), leaving you feeling like you’ve just been punched in the stomach. The story will shock the breath from your lungs but the meaning and message provides deep resuscitation. I’m being dramatic with my words but there’s nothing dramatic about this film because dramatic is a typical way of describing made up, phony. This film is real. Dramatic, yes, but concocted, no. And in a world of vulgar self-centered attitudes & scripted “reality” shows, films like Precious reminds us how mediocre & meaningless all that staged drama really is.

Monique will literally take your heart and rip it in half. That is how utterly amazing she is in her role as Mary, the mother of sixteen-year-old Precious (a Harlem teen who is pregnant with her second child from her father and who deals with physical and verbal abuse from her mother as well). You will absolutely hate her (Monique) guts. You will think she is a monster. But she plays it so perfectly that you can feel her hatred & pain. Even monsters have a reason behind their misery. The final scene with Monique & Mariah Carey is, for a lack of a better word, flawless. Mariah Carey, who adorns little to no makeup and a fuzzy female stache shines in her role as a social worker, who tries to push Precious into talking about her chaotic home life. Lenny Kravitz delivers a warm performance as the nurse who shows support and kindness to Precious in a time of need. Paula Patton also paints an endearing performance as the teacher who inspires Precious to believe in herself again. And last, but certainly not least, is Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibe who plays the role of Precious. There’s moments in the film when you almost pause to think you are watching a documentary, that is how well she fit the character of Clareece “Precious” Jones. And to ruin the entire professionalism of this review, I’ll end by saying–America freakin’ loves you Gabby!

Check out Gabby Sidibe in a more positive setting, booty shaking her way onto the Ellen show, below.

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