Precious, based on Push by Sapphire

There are multiple camera angles in the movie; and many different shots are used. In my opinion best scene in the movie is when Precious and her mother fight. This is the shift in the movie that shows when Precious actually stands up for herself and her newborn son. The scene includes a low angle hot and a bird's eye shot. This transformation is created by a tilt. This amazes me, both Precious and her mother are shown. You can see their true emotions and feelings of current hatred. In other scenes while Precious is walking there is a dolly shot and a tracking shot. Throughout the movie there are mini anecdotes shown by clips of Precious' dreams and her horrible past with her father.

Review of Precious NY Times Movie Review

The review in the New York times gives a run down of the movie. It reveals the true meaning of the literary work. It starts off by explaining the plot and it has little to no criticisms. The author of the review, A. O. Scott is complimenting the movie and how its produced. The movie consists of many famous actors and vocalists. Hes goes on talking about how there are no men in the movie, well little to none. There are only flashbacks of Precious' father, her dream guy and her doctor at the end. It isn't sure to what relation Precious has to her doctor at the end of the movie and if she had an attraction to him or not. At the end of the review the critic states "Precious” is, in any case, less the examination of a social problem than the illumination of an individual’s painful and partial self-realization. Inarticulate and emotionally shut down, her massive body at once a prison and a hiding place, Precious is also perceptive and shrewd, possessed of talents visible only to those who bother to look. At its plainest and most persuasive, her story is that of a writer discovering a voice."

http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/movies/06precious.html?pagewanted=print