In her broad outlines, Claireece Precious Jones risks sounding like the epitome of ghetto cliché: an obese, illiterate 16-year-old; mother to a 4-year-old Down syndrome daughter and now pregnant again ...

"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" follows a teenager named Claireece 'Precious' Jones struggling with incest, illiteracy, physical abuse, poverty and obesity in 1980s Harlem. The movie ...

An urban nightmare with a surfeit of soul, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" is like a diamond -- clear, bright, but oh so hard. Adapted by Damien Paul from the work by one-time Harlem ...

In her broad outlines, Claireece Precious Jones risks sounding like the epitome of ghetto cliché: an obese, illiterate 16-year-old; mother to a four-year-old Down syndrome daughter and now pregnant ...

Precious told the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones, a 16-year-old girl in Harlem who faced physical, verbal, and sexual abuse at home while struggling to get her life on track as a teen mom.

16-year-old Claireece "Precious" Jones is a survivor. Her life is a nightmare, but she keeps on going because that's what you do, soldier on or become one of the fallen. She is massive, her excess ...

With Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey as executive producers, this drama about an obese, illiterate black teen in Harlem practically guarantees some emotional uplift. But when it arrives, eventually, its ...