Precious
Movie • 2009 • Drama
ReportSet 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.
This movie contains 48 potentially triggering events.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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They don’t abandon her but they send their special needs child to live with her great grandma
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Abuse
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both precious’s parents are physically, emptionally, and sexually abusive
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physical violence, yelling, verbal abuse, throwing items, it’s a lot
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Precious is pushed to the ground by a group of boys and they all laugh at her
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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no one is hit with a belt, but we do see a very close camera angle of precious’ father unbuckling his belt before he rapes her
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jmkraemer14
Graphic sexual abuse as well as intentional dropping of an infant
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Addiction
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spinalrust
there's frequent smoking, and mention of crack
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Is there addiction?
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Precious's mother - Mary - has a nicotine addiction
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Does a cat die?
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Precious's mother has a pet cat, but the cat isn't hurt during the movie.
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She doesnt get slapped but she gets hit in the head a lot
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Is there pedophilia?
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graphic verbal description, emotional and triggering
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Is someone held under water?
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She isnt held under water but a pot of presumably hot water is dumped on her after shes passed out
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Precious’ mom is quite abusive towards her.
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Yes, very graphic and disturbing
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petezaparti
By her own father. And her mother just stands there and does nothing.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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some characters get winded, but it's nothing too major, nor is it brought up by other characters
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Does someone become unconscious?
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petezaparti
Briefly
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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yes, precious and her newborn baby have a bad fall down long stairs. it looks like the baby lands on his head but he’s okay
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Children
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Her mother takes away her oldest daughter (who is a mentally challenged toddler) and forces her to live with her grandmother
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Death
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Does someone die?
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yes, but offscreen
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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No but they name a person with Down syndrome “mongoloid”
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Is there a shower scene?
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yes, but only for a couple seconds
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After she finishes eating her fried chicken, Precious sits on a bench and removes her sweater. After she does this, she gets up suddenly and runs to a trash can to vomit (onscreen). *Very brief
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Flashback of a seven year old wetting themselves in class
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Is there a hospital scene?
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several hospital scenes
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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petezaparti
There's a toddler with down syndrome who is called ableist names, but she is too young to understand it
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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we see precious lose time from dissociation
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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A fat black woman has scenes imagining herself thin and white
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She constantly wants to be thin and white
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yes, and we also see precious’s mother force precious to eat food as a punishment. precious’s mother purposely forced her to get big out of hate
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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intense depictions of PTSD in precious, she dissociates often and they filmed it in a way that realistically depicts triggers, fragmented sense of time, etc. I did find it quite hard to watch
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Are there abortions?
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no, but brief mention of it
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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petezaparti
Precious (mentally, not out loud) calls her lesbian teacher and her partner "homos", but in a monologue where she talks about how her mom raised her to hate "homos" but details how "homos" never hurt her and only helped her.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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MicahRuiz
A child with Down’s syndrome is mocked.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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spinalrust
some songs contain the n word, and some characters say it; all, however, are black
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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SimrenBajaj
Some black people said the film was stereotypical
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Does the black guy die first?
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spinalrust
yes, but later on
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Is there hate speech?
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spinalrust
a character is mentioned to say hateful and harmful things about LGBT folk, but she's (rightfully) painted in the wrong
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Sex
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we briefly see precious breastfeed her child with most of her shirt still on
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both mother and father sexually assaulr precious
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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petezaparti
A male character is teased for being a nurse, but in good humor and not out of malice
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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multiple characters have AIDS (movie takes place in 1987) and one character dies of it
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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AIDS
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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rickitriplesixx
that first comment could’ve been worded way better wtf
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mild blood
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