Rain's lover smokes once, and a number of minor and miscellaneous characters also smoke. [voice breaking] Write. I went out and got what I needed from the government which was an education that is going to benefit me more than 40 acres and a damn mule in 2009 and going forward. Alleybux. That results in a fight between the two, with struggling and blows, including Precious slamming her mom against a wall. The movies starts off with a picture of an orange scarf hanging off a street lamp and then flying through the air. She uses strong profanity, and has low-self esteem, but still has the will to persevere, especially when others attempt to help her. PRECIOUS! In fact my friends and I were very leery of Precious because so many of the films with black characters as leads play to stereotypes. Mrs. Weiss: [in disbelief] You shut up and you let him abuse your daughter? A teen on the street sexually comes on to Precious as she passes by, commenting on her "sweet ass" and asking when she's going to let him "hit that" (have sex). Heavy [throws a glass object at Precious, and it breaks] NOW SMILE ABOUT THAT! Not looking at the poster of a shirtless man on the wall above her bed, Mary masturbates under the covers (we see hand movement and hear some slight related sounds). Precious Is At Home Washing Dishes When Her Mom, Mary,. Precious stating that she isn't good at anything (when asked by Ms. Curious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit? Mary treats her 16-year-old daughter Precious horribly throughout the film. Precious is an overweight teenager whose diagnosed with HIV/Aids. This one scene from precious gets me everytime : original sound - Breezy. You must log in or register to reply here. When she doesn't play along, he pushes her down hard to the street. Mental and physical abuse at home. Rain has a lesbian lover, with Precious commenting (in voice-over narration) about being surprised that they're "straight-up lesbians.". Rain has the students write one letter at a time on the board, Precious writes "f," prompting another girl to joke meanly, "F for fat." To make matters worse, Precious is kicked out of school after ending up pregnant by her father, Mary's longtime boyfriend, a man who also fathered her first child (who has Down's Syndrome and lives with Mary's grandmother). And in that tunnel, the only light they had, was inside of them. Mary does nothing but smoke, watch TV, and collect welfare through fraud (she doesn't even look for jobs) and believes that education does nothing for Precious; she would rather have Precious also collect welfare, if only to bring money into the household.