Precious (2009) is a movie about an overweight sixteen year old who all her life was abused mentally and emotionally by her mom, and raped by her dad. Precious the protagonist, at the beginning, is pregnant with her second child and gets kicked out of her school and finds education at an alternative school. She struggles at school and at home, which makes her feel stupid as she is told by her mom she will never amount to anything and she is basically ilterate; however, she has a sportive teacher who helps her learn and who eventually gets Precious out of living with her abusive mother. Precious has dark themes; yet, it is matched with hopefulness and even comedy, making it something that everyone can relate to.
One aspect of the film that I loved is that even though it holds serious themes, it is not as tragic by the added comedy that makes the whole movie lighter. This design is purposeful as is mirror’s Precious’s character. One thing that characterizes Precious is that she is hopeful and an escapist by day dreaming when times are tough. The light-heartedness of the movie when it is at the same time dealing with difficult themes mimics Precious’s character as she herself is lighthearted amongst her difficult life to make her life less miserable. This character trait of being an escapist is what makes everyone relate to this movie as everyone's difficult situations has a natural instinct to daydream, or joke, to escape the horrors of what they go through.
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