Republic of the Philippines UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN PHILIPPINES Tamag, Vigan City MCN 201

Film Viewing "PRECIOUS"

Rodessa R. Abella, RN Ed.D MAN- student
Main Cast Gabourey Sidibe - as Clarice Precious Jones - main character of the movie Mo'Nique - as Mary Lee Johston - Precious's mother who is verbally and physically abusive. Mariah Carey - as Ms. Weiss - Precious's social worker who supports her during her struggles. Paula Patton - as Ms. Blu Rain - Precious's alternative school teacher. Stephanie Andujar - as Rita - a 16-year-old former heroin addict and prostitute who attends the same alternative school in Harlem as Precious and later befriends her. Lenny Kravitz - as John McFadden - a nurse who shows kindness to Precious. Quinshay Powell - as Mongo - first born child of Precious Kendall Toombs - as Abdul - second born child of Precious Sherri Shepherd - as Conrows Nealla Gordon - as Mrs. Sondra Lichtenstein Chyna Layne - as Rhonda Patrice Johnson Amina Robinson - as Jermaine Hicks Xosha Roquemore - as Jo Ann Angelic Zambrana- as Consuelo

MARCIANA P. DE VERA, Professor

SUMMARY In 1987, obese, illiterate, 16-year-old Clarice Precious Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) lives in the New York City ghetto of Harlem with her dysfunctional and abusive mother, Mary (Mo'Nique). She has been raped by her father, Carl (Rodney "Bear" Jackson), resulting in two pregnancies. She suffers long-term physical and mental abuse from her unemployed mother. The family resides in a Section 8 tenement and survives on welfare. Her first child, known as "Mongo," short for Mongoloid, has Down syndrome and is being cared for by Precious' grandmother, though Mary forces the family to pretend Mongo lives with her and Precious so she can receive extra money from the government. Following the discovery of Precious' second pregnancy, she is taken out of school. Her high school principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school, which she hopes can help Precious change her life's direction. Precious finds a way out of her traumatic daily existence through imagination and fantasy. In her mind, there is another world where she is loved and appreciated. Inspired by her new teacher, Blu Rain (Paula Patton), Precious begins to learn to read and write. Precious meets sporadically with a social worker named Ms. Weiss (Mariah Carey), who learns about incest in the household when Precious lets slip who fathered her children. Precious gives birth to her second child and names him Abdul. While at the hospital, she meets John McFadden (Lenny Kravitz), a nursing assistant who shows kindness to her. After her mother hits Precious and deliberately drops three-day-old Abdul, Precious fights back long enough to get her son and flees her home permanently. Shortly after leaving the house, Precious stops at a window of a church and watches the choir inside sing a Christmas song. She begins to imagine herself, and her dream boyfriend, singing a more upbeat version of the Christmas song. Later on, Precious breaks into her school classroom to get out of the cold and is discovered the following morning by Miss Rain. The teacher finds assistance for Precious, who begins raising her son in a halfway house while she continues academically. Her mother comes back into her life to inform Precious that her father has died of AIDS. Later, Precious learns that she is HIV positive, but Abdul is not. Feeling dejected, Precious meets Ms. Weiss at her office and steals her case file. Precious recounts the details of the file to her fellow students and has a new lease on life. Mary and Precious see each other for the last time in Ms. Weiss' office, where Weiss questions Mary about her abuse of Precious, and uncovers specific physical and sexual traumas Precious encountered, starting when she was three. Mary begs Ms. Weiss to help get Precious back, but she refuses upon finding out the extent of the abuse. The film ends with Precious still resolved to improve her life for herself and her children. She severs ties with her mother and plans to complete a GED test to receive a high school diploma equivalent.

REACTION I felt pity for Precious, she's been abused physically, emotionally ,mentally and sexually since she was 3 years old by her parents. The life story of Precious is very common. It can be seen everywhere in this world I just wish that all Precious in this world would fight for their rights, not to afraid to call

for help to social worker or to any person that could help them to their terrible,hell like situation. In the story, Precious was afraid to her parents so she just let the abusive deeds that they are doing to her. She's very helpless that even her own mother couldn't help her when her father sexually abuse her. But the good thing when she transferred to an alternative school, she found a companion in life who could help her to escape in her situation, who could solve her long years huge problem and change the direction of her life. With the story, it gives hope to every Precious in this world that no matter how terrible your situation right now, there's always a friend that could help you and new life for you.If there is darkness, there's also light and tomorrow ,that shine upon us.The globe is round, spinning, when your at the bottom right now expect that your not always at the bottom forever because as I have said the globe is round/spinning it rotates, so there will be the time that you will be on the TOP.