"Precious" movie review by Christianity Today

Christianity Today gives this 'R' rated movie 3.5 / 4 stars...

At this new school Precious spends her days in a room with other illiterate and troubled teens under the unwaveringly stern but supportive direction of Ms. Rain (Paula Patton). In their daily assignment to journal for 15 minutes, many of these students are able to give voice to their horrific stories and tentative dreams for the future. And this handful of students forms a sort of fierce family, alternately at each other's throats and guarding each other's backs.

Regardless of all this intensity, the film offers several laugh-out-loud moments that take you off guard and give needed relief. These most often come from Precious' daydreams. When enduring unthinkable circumstances, Precious often escapes to her red-carpet fantasies, where's she's fabulous and filthy rich and hounded by adoring fans.