Precious Movie Themes

2. Throughout watching the movie Precious, I picked up on an overall theme of hope. Precious is a 16, obese black girl who has been sexually and physically abused by both of her parents. When times get tough and she is being abused, Precious day dreams about her future and where she wishes she could be in life. When is seems like life could not get any worse, Precious finds a way to keep her head up! A question I have regarding this film, is where does Precious get her willingness and drive to find

Tyler Perry’s movie “For Colored Girls” was inspired by a stage play by Ntozake Shange, the movie expresses the struggles and obstacles that African American women face throughout their life. The 2010 drama film For Colored Girls follows the intersecting lives of nine African American women. When you watch this film you can expect to be taken on an emotional ride of heartbreak and tragedy. This film grapples with the topics of rape, abortion, and domestic abuse.The movie deals with love, abandonment

Jaclyn Butler 04/24/2012 Intracultural Communications Professor Brook Film Analysis on 2009’s “Precious” Analyzing a dynamic film like the 2009 “Precious” is difficult. The movie got a lot of praise for the acting and the story that was portrayed but it also got a lot of heat from the race that was portrayed in the movie. African Americans nationwide said the movie made their African American ghettos into a sexually incest ridden, classless society and didn’t properly show any of the positive

into a movie in 1983 using some now famous actors. Both the movie and the novel are about a gang called the greasers who are always getting in trouble. There rivals are the Socs who are rich and live on the nice side of town. Although the book and movie have a lot of similarities, they do have a lot of differences. The movies stays with the major plot points of the story. This makes readers of the novel not disappointed. The main character and focus of the story is Ponyboy, the movie and the

The issues and themes that I believe precious’ story intend to shed light upon is that stranded mother-daughter relationships, abuse and neglect within the family and personal relationships out the family. I think that the movie Precious shed lights on these issues and theme because people in today’s society is afraid to address some of these issues within their families and their life. Black families do not see that there is a problem with it because it is the way that they grew up. From the film

The theme that took me away from this film was love. Love is something that is taken into consideration towards myself and other people. I feel that watching this movie has taught me about love by its definition. It’s because love has taught others to grow and develop themselves throughout the course of their time. In the film, Samantha

Although abuse can mean getting beat up or hit, there is far more that follows. Abuse can take on many forms like physical, emotional or sexual. The film Precious by Lee Daniels, based on the novel Push by Sapphire, encounters not only the obvious sexual abuse but physical and emotional abuse as well. Precious starts off with Claireece Precious Jones, played by Gabourey Sidibe, at her school in Harlem. She is called to the office because the principal has found out she is pregnant…Again. Kicked

Introduction The motion picture ‘Precious’ gives us a powerful experience, mainly because the story line has a thin hopefulness in the dark-clouded life of Precious, Precious is resilient, even though her tragic life influences her personality greatly. In the film, Precious is a sixteen-year old girl who leads a rather lonely life, for she has no friends and is obese. Her father is a negligent and sick father, who rapes her from time to time, and has been doing so before she could even learn to

physically abusive household without the support a stable adult. Precious grew up in the ghetto of Harlem, New York city with her unemployed Mother. Her Mother was envious of Precious because her husband favored his own daughter over his wife. In short, her mother's insecurities allowed her to be impregnated not once but twice with her husband. While she was a mother she was also a target into bullying for her weight. During all the abuse Precious felt a loss of control in her daily life. To put her mind

In the movie “ Precious “ by Lee Daniels, Gabourey Sidibe plays a sixteen years old, illiterate and overweight girl name Precious, who lives in Harlem, New York. She lives with her mother Mary Jones, who was entropic and abusive to her. The abuse and oppression was so traumatic for Precious, she would often dissociate herself from the situation and pretend to be someone else. Losing track of time, her situation and herself was her coping mechanism; throughout the movie it appeared that she would

The Power of Hope in The Movie “The Shawshank Redemption” The Shawshank Redemption (1994) is based on Stephen King short story "Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption". The movie narrates the life of a prisoner, Andy, who has to face and manage all various circumstances and adversities that he encountered through his life in the jail. The movie has successfully conveyed the intended message to the viewer on how brutal and harsh a prisoner's life can be, shown by the behavior of the guards carrying

The movie "Dead Poets Society", and the poems "TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME" by Robert Herrick and "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost all have the common theme of living your life to the fullest embedded in them. Throughout the movie, the characters developed through poems and found strength in becoming their own person. Neil pursues acting as a career instead of following the path his father had laid out for him. This connects to the poem "The Road Not Taken" for the reason that Frost

stores, and online movie distributors nationwide: heartwarming films such as The Blind Side; laughter inducing and children captivating classics like Aladdin; movies about overcoming struggles such as, Gattaca. All these new movies and classics alike hold a particular place in our hearts and in our lives. Maybe because of a similarity to our own lives or the main character embraces characteristics we hold dear. Whatever the reason, a contributing factor to the variety of movie produced in Hollywood

Precious, adapted from Sapphire’s novel Push, offers audiences a glimpse into the life of an impoverished and mistreated Black teenage girl and invites viewers to empathize with her pain and gain insight into the challenges she faces in her difficult circumstances. Renowned African American author Sapphire began working on her novel Push in 1993, drawing inspiration from her experiences as a remedial reading teacher in Harlem. The character of Precious and tumultuous journey were reflections of the

Throughout the movie Smoke Signals, there are many themes that are portrayed as the story progresses. Two central ideals that we see in the movie are the journey to forgiveness and defining fatherhood. In the beginning of the film, we witness Arnold (Victor’s father) saving Thomas from a burning house, but when thanked by Thomas’ grandmother he says “I didn’t mean to.” his response becomes self-explanatory by the end of the film. Unfortunately, Thomas’ parents do not escape the house fire and succumb