Jalan Cerita:
Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-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, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret; She can't read.

Pemain:

Gabourey Sidibe Claireece "Precious" Jones

Mo'Nique Mary Lee Johnston

Paula Patton Blu Rain

Mariah Carey Mrs. Weiss

Lenny Kravitz John McFadden