Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Precious movie review

My favorite season of THE WIRE is season four--when the focus is on the inner-city education of the poorest children in Baltimore.

When one sees--indeed lived--through an experience like that--it's human nature to block out the horrific memories and embrace life as a survivor.

While PRECIOUS may hit the same notes over a few too many times, in a few too obvious ways, it rings true to human nature, especially with the performance of MoNique, who play Precious's evil mother with an uncanny sense of realism.

PRECIOUS isn't for everybody, certainly not for kids, but for anyone who experienced the shock and joy of survival, then it's worth a look.



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