November 14th, 2009 | 
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FROM BoothBayDinnerTheatre.com: Claireece Jones is one of life’s write-offs: an illiterate, junk-food-fat Harlem teenager living on welfare with her viciously abusive mother and, from time to time, her father, who drops by to rape her. She already has one child as a result of his assaults — a little girl with Down’s Syndrome — and is currently pregnant with another. Claireece’s future seems anything but uncertain. Somehow, though, she’s managed not to write herself off.
“Precious” is one of those rare movies that come winging in from nowhere and knock you out. Gabourey Sidibe, who plays the title character (Claireece goes by the name “Precious”), is an untrained actress — a Bronx college student whose only performing background is in school stage plays. But she has great instincts, and watching her draw out flickers of hope through the mask of sullen indifference that Precious presents to the world is thrilling to watch.
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