I understand your anger, but please do not make this about skin colour :/ I am a white lady and I was disgusted by Chad K's comment and I think he is a terrible person. We only get rid of racism by combating it all together, not shifting the racist focus on another skin colour. Of course some white people's ancestors did such terrible things to people of colour, but as long as we promote love and equality now, I don't think we can to this day be held responsible for what happened in the past. Blame that on the people who did it, and now blame racism on the people who are openly racist (such as Chad K). Racism is an ignorant belief people form in their heads, its nothing to do with skin colour.
The scene of her getting ready with the mirror really hit me hard, because I used to do that too. I loathed my appearance so much that I always imagined that I looked like someone else, someone who was skinnier and more fair skinned. This is why I love this movie so much. It portrays the deeper and darker side of reality like body image, incest, and sexual abuse
For somebody that’s fair skinned, I’ve always wished I was born with a beautiful tan; bt I was sickly white and hated it. Bt it’s not really about skin color r weight; yur beautiful just as you are. I just wish the magazines stopped with the bitching and instead encourage the whole world to start accepting their own beautiful Instead of the ‘ideal’ beautiful.
@@lovelmpurple1191 yes I thought those things because I was abused and neglected and thought that no one loved me. I also believed at that time no woman would ever want to be with me. It took about a year in therapy to have a realization that I need to love myself before I get in any relationship. I had to leave my own family for three years as well to search for that realization. I am proud and love myself for moving on in life because I know and understand that I must be with a woman who will love and accept all of me and not try to change me.
This movie came out when i was like, 15 or 16 and back then i found humor in the chicken scene, but a few years later and growing a little older, this scene legit disturbs me. Precious was starving and had not one cent to purchase food. She tells her mom she needs money and that she's hungry but instead making sure her child eats, her mother has her come in to perform a sex act on her. Dis-fucking-gusting. Both of her parents were sexually abusing her. BOTH. Then she has to resort to stealing food only to regurgitate after 1. Running while eating unhealthy greasy fried food and 2. Being pregnant. Pregnant but her father for the second time. This movie is dark as hell.
MaroonStorm plus her being HIV positive. I think I was 13 or something and had trouble getting into this movie because the story just disgusted me and it still does but now I want to watch it.
SAME! I watched this when I was 15 and was like "LOL fat black girl stealing fried chicken" but now im woke and im like holy shit she was literally starving and being sexually abused by both of her parents :/
Penny Dog That is so disrespectful, You can find her ugly..that is fine. Beauty is different for everyone, but you don't have to be rude to make your statement !
+gloryya lovee These kinds of scenes always break my heart. It feels very real to me, I've had people like this in my life. Sometimes people scoff at me for being religious, but when I think of all the people in the world who suffer, who struggle with their health, their self image, their value; I have to believe that we are all beautiful, that we are all wonderful no matter how we are "made".
She is hungry because pregnancy, she is hungry because she's used to eating a lot because her mom FORCE FED her at times, and she's hungry because she was physically, mentally, sexually, horrifically abused her entire life... This is a sad story all around: and yes, this shit happens. These things happen much more often than the average person realizes.
There's lots of reasons for obesity. If you go and watch my 600 lb life, not all but majority of the people on that show were SA as children and used food to cope. People with trauma use food to cope. ED's are a addiction unfortunately they're like drugs except instead of using drugs we use food. My parents force fed me as a kid, they were scared I was going to be assaulted because they thought I was a beautiful child . it was a way of them protecting me and I've grown up on both sides of the ED spectrum because whenever I'm stressed or going through a hard time I either eat or I restrict. Not always SA , but its common.
We're not stupid, it's obvious why she's fat. You're not doing anyone a favor by telling us all this. We can pretty much figure it out on our own without your commentary, thank you. People like you are people I wanna punch in the face just for being irrelevant.
Some folks were because they live like this as well. Was glad to see this story portrayed in this fashion. A lot of lives out there were validated because of this.
chris kirksey you have to pay attention, later on in the movie when Mary tries to get Precious & her grandkids back and she says to Mrs.Weiss “The things she told you I did to her, who was gonna love me? Who was gone make me feel good?”
@@dilliondavis8294 OHH Man! That's what she was referring to! It makes sense now! I thought she was referring to the physical abuse she exercised on Precious because of jealousy and for "taking her man."
+Raven Haired Thespian Chick ;)) Yes, it was the only scene it was mentioned in the film. I heard that the book describes Precious being sexual abused by her father as well as her mother.
I think it was what precious herself found attractive. The white woman was pretty and she thought she would look better that way. She hated her big lips, her body, her dark skin, so she sought the opposite of all of that. That white woman was the most extreme opposite of all her features. No dark brown hair, no dark eyes, skinny body, thin lips, pretty face, etc.
I'm so sorry to hear that you felt that way about your skin :( You are probably aware of this now, but your dark skin is stunningly beautiful at any shade!
she should have got a job and saved her money instead of spending it on food. All a kid has to do to get out of these situations is go to school each day and listen. schools go over all this type of stuff on abuse and such. school is always the way out if people just listen to what they say.
Jose Navarro "get by" Its a food addiction. She couldve gone without. Getting by is not eating for 3 days and risking your freedom to steal a bag of chips.
Frank Reynolds seriously? Have u forgotten that this poor girl is abused by both her parents, barely able to read and in this scene she’s pregnant with her second baby by the same father who abused her? Please look it up in Wikipedia; this is based on real life, people and it’s not funny.
Precious is a great movie. It is just sad that some people tend to criticize the movies and actors in a bad manner but tend not to receive the actual message that is being delivered throughout the movie. There are plenty of people in this world that hasn't lived the "normal" fairy tale life as the next person yet the outcome of it is that those people still strive to be great, want better for themselves and struggle to get to their achievement. I wish people can stop making fun of people that they do not know anything about nor what they go through in life as well. Those people that are always usually being bullied, picked on, mistreated and abused tend to be the most beautiful, loving precious people of all.
Jessica Blount Amen to that. This is an excellent movie. It portrays the struggles of most african americans that live in inner city areas, and also ones that live with abusive parents. Gabrielle and Monique definitely deserved those awards while acting in that movie.
leonkennedy1259 Life is beautiful. There will somehow be ignorant people who will attack your greatness; mostly due to their lack of ambition to seek their own, so they will rather seek to tarnish yours or try to cause more issues and problems for you to deal and struggle with because they are miserable. That's why it is wise to seek and search for what makes you happy and bring you joy; and stick to that. You're welcome.
Jessica Blount I seriously doubt that there is a large number of overweight teenage girls being impregnanted (Twice) by their own father and not only raising their inbred children of rape but also being infected with aids and under thebsore thumb of an abusive mother. No. sorry. I am NOT getting the message this movie is portraying other than the fact there is something very wrong going on in the black community living on welfare in the projects for more than 2 generations. -Phoenix
Easy to say if you have at least a halfway decent mom/parents who wouldn’t even fathom doing shit like that to you, but imagine if going through crap like that was all you knew, and/or you knew the only other option was the shitty foster care system, and/or you have a kid/kids as a teen, and/or you still feel some semblance of love for your abusers, and/or they had psychologically groomed you before/after the fact . Fortunately, my parents never abused me in *that* way, BUT my mom was very verbally and physically abusive to me growing up, still picking up the pieces of that and other crap today ...in my late 20s.....never occurred to me to call the cops or tell anyone because even though the way she treated me (in part) made me so depressed that I started thinking of suicide before I was even in my teens, she was still my mom and I still love her, and the way she would blame me for things, anything, everything, I honestly felt I was just a shitty kid/person and that I was the one with the problem and not her, not to mention I don’t think any kid in their right minds *wants* their parents to get in trouble with the police etc.
@@twdjt6245 Thanks for saying this. People usually think it's easy to break out of abusive parents, but it isn't. As someone who grew up with a physically and verbally abusive mother, I couldn't bring myself to ask for help from others, I loved her too much. Abusive parents aren't monsters to you 100% of the time, they can be nice too, and that's how they control you and make you believe their actions are normal. Hell, I remember been disgusted with myself for thinking ill of my mother when she beated me up, 'cause I was so used to hear her saying I deserved that and it was all my fault, that I believed her.
Jewell Ashley Yes, The mother was sexually abusing Precious. Can't really remember how long it was happening for. But in the Book its way more intense. The film talks about it, that's about it in one scene and clearly in this scene you know what's happening 😣😣
Aw I felt so sad when she stole the chicken cause the lady was so calm and nice to her and went “What you want, baby?”. Poor precious was starving though so she didn’t have any other choice. This is such a good movie as well, it’s dark AF but the message is very poignant
it wasn't until my bf just brought up that precious ate out her mom, and I was like no she didn't. "Come take care of mommy," I figured she was talking about something else.. like her being sick or something. the small clip of her mom touching herself slipped right past my young mind at the time. I didn't think nothing of it; that she was masturbating... foreshadowing that she asked precious to... i- Im actually shocked and disgusted.
I did too. Never watched the movie. Just watched this because it showed up in my recommended vids feed. Didn’t know what the heck was going on until reading the comments. What the actual HELL??? 😭🤬 Beyond depressed that this is the reality of so many children. When society can’t even protect its most precious asset…CHILDREN…we are doomed.
My heart falls in my stomach every time I watch this scene when her mom asks her to "take care of mommy"; explains why she had to drown the taste out and probably the feeling with a big bucket of chicken, its truly sickening. Id like to say this is just fiction for a movie but sadly this is happening in real life too where moms abuse their kids in all forms.
Dainty Daisy........She was happy. She played a small part. Got paid. Went home to her lovely white neighborhood with her lovely white family and friends and lived forever happy with no problems.
Mommy D You want to borrow my "lovely white" dad for a few days? You can have him without his meds if you want to do it on hard mode. And you can't call the cops no matter what he says. And pretend you have nowhere else to go if things get really bad. And don't cry, he doesn't like that. And no matter what, don't stick up for yourself. He HATES that. Don't lock the door because he'll break it down. Don't let him see your pets because he might try to kill them. Don't stick up for the rest of your family either. ...I think that's all the rules to this game. you want to play?
What is it about the color white that make it so superior. For years in hated myself and imagined myself as a blonde white girl. We live in a F'd up world.
+kawaiisrs07 People want what they can't have and covet things that are "unique". There are relatively few women that naturally have the combination of blond hair, light skin, and blue eyes, which is one of the reasons so many cultures hold women who look that way up as "standards of beauty" and then push that view onto their children. It's the same reason women who were overweight were considered to be the ideal back in the days when the majority of people (a.k.a. "poor people") were thin and starving because only rich people could afford fattening food, and extremely thin women are the "ideal" now that the majority of people (again, "poor people") tend to be overweight because fattening food is cheaper than non-fattening food.
+kumada84 still, blonde is blonde whether you dye it or not. it just doesn't seem that uncommon. if anything, its the opposite especially the places I have been too
I remember watching this movie in the theater on my first date with this girl I really liked and it completely killed the mood. Didn't know it would be that intense.
I watched this over the weekend and been analyzing it ever since. I just remembered her cute little smile as she says “I’m trying to watch my figure”. It’s the first and almost only time in the movie where she looks like she’s happy but she is about to lie, steal and deceive. This script and directing is amazing!
Sage I had the same reaction to dirty dancing, they played 80s music to a film that takes place in the 60s, I'm not understanding the salty comments you received either, but oh well lol
Imagine if you saw a girl running down the street her size with a bucket of chicken... I mean fuck wtf could you say or do to make that moment in life better.
I would be precious friend IDC what she looked like I feel really bad for her and this scene Is sad because she was hungry and had to steal some chicken
I didn't really watch this movie in its entirety. I did watch quite a bit of it when it came on the OWN network, but CLEARLY I missed a few details. I knew the Precious' Mom was both physically and verbally abusive to her, but I had no idea she also sexually abused her. What in the actual f*ck??
I had to read the book in high school as a class assignment but for some reason i couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that her mom was also sexually abusing her as well. 🙁 it wasn’t until a few years ago that i finally understood after watching the movie. It was even sadder to realize that.
i grew up in brooklyn and theres always a brownstone being renovated on the block. so we would have pizzas delivered to one, and be like, shit i forgot the money inside and take the fuck off down the back with the pizza. lots of us had fucked up parents and had to steal on occasion.
When I learned I was pregnant and still a waitress, some people were so sweet. When the table had alcohol and I would walk up, one of the men said ma'am one second and had everyone there put napkins over there alcohol drinks. It made me tear up and the wife came to me and said oh honey and hugged me and I just fell apart. I thanked them for being so nice I never had anyone care at all that I was pregnant so this scene made me cry so hard idk why lol!
when she looked in the mirror that was so relatable because we've all done that regardless of our skin color. everyone of us knows what it's like to hate what we look like. I used to pretend I looked like someone else. I would avoid looking in the mirror and just pretend I looked how I wanted. But now I'm okay with the way I look. But there are lots of people who still feel that way 💔
Ive never done that. Idk I dont think im the prettiest, I have a big nose but I didnt have the imagination to make believe I was someone else. Especially not a white woman....ohhh but I did imagine being adopted by white people, like them coning in my life and taking me away to live a happy life with them.
Coming back to this movie 9 years later, wow...none of this stuff I actually understood because I was just 7 or 6 at the time. But now that I look back at this, man..this was deep.
***** I try too hard? 😂😭Hahahaha, no this is how I am. You don't even know me so stop assuming. You commented on MY status talking shit so when my FEISTY self comments back "i need help" and "try too hard" lol and you are who exactly again?(crickets chirping, I'll wait💅) I handle living in this fucked society just fine. I mind my business and usually people mind theirs, but it's obvious you can't and when you try and start shit with me i'm not the one and will let you know about yourself real quick. Keep that in mind next time your juvenile ass decides to comment talking horse shit. You came off as being arrogant when you TRIED to insult me with your ignorance ,hahahaha. Oh well, i'll be "arrogant" & PRESUMPTUOUS (learn how to spell the word before trying to pass yourself off as being intelligent) if that will keep and get your simple minded, goofy ass off my status. Have a good day sir 🙋💃😎😘💜💚❤💋💕🌈🌈👬👬 #CallmeTylerXJenner
I feel the same way. Oh you got a big ole nose? Are you Indian, are you Mexican? Oh ok so must speak Spanish? I get hate from all races. It fkn sucks even as old as I am.
so sad and this happens in many homes and the children have to go to school and get picked on and bullied and the bullies that does that have any ideal what goes on in the house hold.that will make a kid comment crimes and act out and half of the time they comment suicide. like real talk
The Defyer so what does that give you the right to pick on her and bully her no. You sound so fucking dumb. Seriously if you are disgusted or irritated by her appearance then try and keep yourself away from her. Her looks has got nothing to do with you so shut up and combust.
My favourite scene in the movie. There's so much insight on precious' constant struggles within the movie. plus it just makes you a want to root her on. You get that chicken!!
When this movie first came out I was maybe 11 and my mom had the dvd. I saw it on the shelf one day and asked if I could watch it because it was a new dvd and I had already seen everything else on the shelf. My mom said I was too young for it and I could watch it when i was older and could understand it. Me being and 11 year old disregarded her and snuck and watched it anyway. I understood as a child that Precious’ home life was horrible and that she was being abused. I regretted watching it, it was depressing to me. The second time I watched it I was a junior in high school. The film that I used to find depressing was heart wrenching. Nothing went over my head I understood every painfully subtle sign of abuse like her mom telling her to take care of her even though precious herself was starving. The book and the movie are something I still think about today.
Padlock Films You obviously don't know America is a bunch of fat asses and I live here fried chicken is the least. we have Burgers,Hot dogs, meat ball subs and etc
The american "fat asses" are mostly in Texas and coutry areas and in Detroit, the poor ares. The middle class areas have pretty decent figures. the guys are fit, and the girls are thin.
Probably just decided not to chase her. Nothin you could really. Would be a waste of time to chase her, hold her down (possible assault charge) and wait for the cops who aren’t gonna five a shit about a stolen bucket of chicken and probably won’t show up for over an hour.
the part when she is looking in the mirror and seeing the white blond girl was sad. she was convinced that was beauty cuz she never saw any in herself or her mother.
Chicken scene aside, that part where she wishes that she was a pretty white girl is so sad... Because nobody loved her, she couldn't love herself.
Damn
Lol s/o to everyone who feels the same. I see myself to her i hate all of me so i cant love anyone.
Chad K You are disgusting and out of touch with reality.
You need a check up, Chad K
I understand your anger, but please do not make this about skin colour :/ I am a white lady and I was disgusted by Chad K's comment and I think he is a terrible person. We only get rid of racism by combating it all together, not shifting the racist focus on another skin colour. Of course some white people's ancestors did such terrible things to people of colour, but as long as we promote love and equality now, I don't think we can to this day be held responsible for what happened in the past. Blame that on the people who did it, and now blame racism on the people who are openly racist (such as Chad K). Racism is an ignorant belief people form in their heads, its nothing to do with skin colour.
The scene of her getting ready with the mirror really hit me hard, because I used to do that too. I loathed my appearance so much that I always imagined that I looked like someone else, someone who was skinnier and more fair skinned. This is why I love this movie so much. It portrays the deeper and darker side of reality like body image, incest, and sexual abuse
For somebody that’s fair skinned, I’ve always wished I was born with a beautiful tan; bt I was sickly white and hated it. Bt it’s not really about skin color r weight; yur beautiful just as you are. I just wish the magazines stopped with the bitching and instead encourage the whole world to start accepting their own beautiful Instead of the ‘ideal’ beautiful.
I was the same way too. I always called myself an ugly monster. Now I know and understand that I am not that.
Black Samurai 7 Wow a ugly monster thats sad. but glad you have love for yourself now.
@@lovelmpurple1191 yes I thought those things because I was abused and neglected and thought that no one loved me. I also believed at that time no woman would ever want to be with me. It took about a year in therapy to have a realization that I need to love myself before I get in any relationship. I had to leave my own family for three years as well to search for that realization. I am proud and love myself for moving on in life because I know and understand that I must be with a woman who will love and accept all of me and not try to change me.
Black Samurai 7 Bless you in your life.
This movie came out when i was like, 15 or 16 and back then i found humor in the chicken scene, but a few years later and growing a little older, this scene legit disturbs me. Precious was starving and had not one cent to purchase food. She tells her mom she needs money and that she's hungry but instead making sure her child eats, her mother has her come in to perform a sex act on her. Dis-fucking-gusting. Both of her parents were sexually abusing her. BOTH. Then she has to resort to stealing food only to regurgitate after 1. Running while eating unhealthy greasy fried food and 2. Being pregnant. Pregnant but her father for the second time. This movie is dark as hell.
MaroonStorm Especially the mirror scene.
MaroonStorm plus her being HIV positive. I think I was 13 or something and had trouble getting into this movie because the story just disgusted me and it still does but now I want to watch it.
Karlee Craziness to be honest
i would have killed myself if i was here. her life was unbelievable
SAME! I watched this when I was 15 and was like "LOL fat black girl stealing fried chicken" but now im woke and im like holy shit she was literally starving and being sexually abused by both of her parents :/
immaeatchu336 that's not being woke, that's just paying attention to something you missed.
ironically, this is the same chicken joint she ended up working in on American Horror Story 😂
I know!! I lost my shit when she was in the chicken restaurant in American horror story. I was like "This HAS to be a reference to her older big role"
Can someone tell me why they hire her for that show do they feel bad for her
DeAndre King LMFAOOOOOO
DeAndre King lmfaooooooooooooo yooo
DeAndre King is it really? Lmaoooo
This scene broke my heart when she was getting ready. You are beautiful the way you are , dont need to be nobody else
Penny Dog That is so disrespectful, You can find her ugly..that is fine. Beauty is different for everyone, but you don't have to be rude to make your statement !
***** No needs for big words...you can make your point without it !
+gloryya lovee These kinds of scenes always break my heart. It feels very real to me, I've had people like this in my life. Sometimes people scoff at me for being religious, but when I think of all the people in the world who suffer, who struggle with their health, their self image, their value; I have to believe that we are all beautiful, that we are all wonderful no matter how we are "made".
completely agree with you !
Wow!
She is hungry because pregnancy, she is hungry because she's used to eating a lot because her mom FORCE FED her at times, and she's hungry because she was physically, mentally, sexually, horrifically abused her entire life... This is a sad story all around: and yes, this shit happens. These things happen much more often than the average person realizes.
Yes and it’s very sad 😢
That explains the obesity epidemic.
No shit we all saw the same movie
There's lots of reasons for obesity. If you go and watch my 600 lb life, not all but majority of the people on that show were SA as children and used food to cope. People with trauma use food to cope. ED's are a addiction unfortunately they're like drugs except instead of using drugs we use food.
My parents force fed me as a kid, they were scared I was going to be assaulted because they thought I was a beautiful child . it was a way of them protecting me and I've grown up on both sides of the ED spectrum because whenever I'm stressed or going through a hard time I either eat or I restrict. Not always SA , but its common.
We're not stupid, it's obvious why she's fat. You're not doing anyone a favor by telling us all this. We can pretty much figure it out on our own without your commentary, thank you. People like you are people I wanna punch in the face just for being irrelevant.
"But u know what. Fuck that day" 😂😭
lol
mydreamz8809 fuck yeah
my mood every day
immaeatchu336 right!!!!!
mydreamz8809 that line helped me a lot. Lol.
That line "Come take care of mommy precious" fucked me up mentally omfg
What she meant by that
@@charleshalljr1515 she abused precious sexually too
@@superneon6 I didn't know that after all this time I just thought it was verbal and physical not sexaully I despise Monique character
@@charleshalljr1515 she was sexually molesting precious as well not just precious father.. both of her parents were
@@arinextdoor I knew her father was I just thought her mom was in denial about the abuse that's why she treated her like that
"I'm tryin to watch my figure" lol😂😂😂
bluedreamer5000 what did she mean
bluedreamer5000 She was trying to lose weight.
Scarlette Jones she was trying to be funny lol
Lol what figure ??😄
And she still asked him for a 10 piece.🤦🏾♀️
The first 25 seconds was kind of depressing.
Free RockoutWoop the whole movie was
Free RockoutWoop Very upsetting
Then dont watch it 😂 its supposed to bring awarness
@@positivejourney8231 😂ok goofy
@@positivejourney8231 the movie was depressing buddy lmao, don’t know why you’re acting like they said it was bad.
Precious was the realest shit no one was ready for.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Exactly its what we don't talk about or avoid discussing but its truth.
@@leannamctier470 Facts
Some folks were because they live like this as well. Was glad to see this story portrayed in this fashion. A lot of lives out there were validated because of this.
That parts sad when shes looking in the mirror
I know right :/
vennessa lorret LMAO
i've seen you before...you were the guy who complimented my name. :) holla!
This is very late but I must say that you are indeed fine as fuck. Hooo my God... 😍😍😍🤤🤤🤤 I am usually not thirsty but right, now I am parched.
Why was she white in the reflection?
Everybody talking about chicken but not , when the mother said come take care of mommy
Tony Jordan I think a lot of people didnt understand that. I had to explain to some people that it was sexual abuse.
Wtf was that about
Maryam Ali the mom makes precious eat her out.
chris kirksey you have to pay attention, later on in the movie when Mary tries to get Precious & her grandkids back and she says to Mrs.Weiss “The things she told you I did to her, who was gonna love me? Who was gone make me feel good?”
@@dilliondavis8294 OHH Man! That's what she was referring to! It makes sense now! I thought she was referring to the physical abuse she exercised on Precious because of jealousy and for "taking her man."
Not about stereotypes it's about poverty and ignorance
Can you believe it? It’s still happening; poverty AND ignorance
It's about child abuse not poverty or ignorance
@Michael P no u are just racist
Michael P yh no you’re just a bigot that’s gonna burn in hell 😂
Racist much?
"Come help mommy Precious!"
I would have just walked out that door....money or not...
Wat she mean
Natalie Cherie Nooooooo D:
Le'Quan Turner She wanted her to kiss the second pair of lips
+Raven Haired Thespian Chick ;)) Yes, it was the only scene it was mentioned in the film. I heard that the book describes Precious being sexual abused by her father as well as her mother.
OMG!!! I never realized she meant THAT! Are u sure?!
Seeing what she saw in the mirror made me instantly cry. White is considered the ultimate perfection and it makes me so disgusted and sad
I think it was what precious herself found attractive. The white woman was pretty and she thought she would look better that way. She hated her big lips, her body, her dark skin, so she sought the opposite of all of that. That white woman was the most extreme opposite of all her features. No dark brown hair, no dark eyes, skinny body, thin lips, pretty face, etc.
This scene made me cry too, because I was exactly like this. I used to think that I had to be white in order to be loved
T J
It might be the moisture in the air, most likely your genes. But no, that white woman is the complete opposite of precious.
I'm so sorry to hear that you felt that way about your skin :( You are probably aware of this now, but your dark skin is stunningly beautiful at any shade!
SENPAI NO! YOU DIDN'T GET IT FFS
as funny as this scene is it's pretty powerful. it shows what some teenagers have to go through to get by
so true
she should have got a job and saved her money instead of spending it on food. All a kid has to do to get out of these situations is go to school each day and listen. schools go over all this type of stuff on abuse and such. school is always the way out if people just listen to what they say.
Jose Navarro "get by"
Its a food addiction. She couldve gone without. Getting by is not eating for 3 days and risking your freedom to steal a bag of chips.
Jose Navarro no it doesn't... it shows what some kids thing is the answer and think they HAVE to do it, stop promoting this shit
Frank Reynolds seriously? Have u forgotten that this poor girl is abused by both her parents, barely able to read and in this scene she’s pregnant with her second baby by the same father who abused her? Please look it up in Wikipedia; this is based on real life, people and it’s not funny.
Precious is a great movie. It is just sad that some people tend to criticize the movies and actors in a bad manner but tend not to receive the actual message that is being delivered throughout the movie. There are plenty of people in this world that hasn't lived the "normal" fairy tale life as the next person yet the outcome of it is that those people still strive to be great, want better for themselves and struggle to get to their achievement. I wish people can stop making fun of people that they do not know anything about nor what they go through in life as well. Those people that are always usually being bullied, picked on, mistreated and abused tend to be the most beautiful, loving precious people of all.
Jessica Blount Amen to that. This is an excellent movie. It portrays the struggles of most african americans that live in inner city areas, and also ones that live with abusive parents. Gabrielle and Monique definitely deserved those awards while acting in that movie.
You are right. I totally agree with you.
Jessica Blount Amen. I lived a life similiar to Precious. Your words mean so much to me. Thank you. ❤
leonkennedy1259 Life is beautiful. There will somehow be ignorant people who will attack your greatness; mostly due to their lack of ambition to seek their own, so they will rather seek to tarnish yours or try to cause more issues and problems for you to deal and struggle with because they are miserable. That's why it is wise to seek and search for what makes you happy and bring you joy; and stick to that. You're welcome.
Jessica Blount I seriously doubt that there is a large number of overweight teenage girls being impregnanted (Twice) by their own father and not only raising their inbred children of rape but also being infected with aids and under thebsore thumb of an abusive mother.
No. sorry. I am NOT getting the message this movie is portraying other than the fact there is something very wrong going on in the black community living on welfare in the projects for more than 2 generations.
-Phoenix
It’s not even about the chicken! The fact that her mother wanted her to come in and do sexual things with her! Nobody gonna talk about that???
@Billy Hill dood thats disgusting
@@litzzierea8806 probably both
I hadn't realized this until now...
Marlayna V. Sablan I always thought she said come and collect your money.
@Billy Hill not funny
Only one thing comes to mind: Survival.
Quinn Rollen dad?
Daniel Callisto Coleslaw
"I gotta watch my figga" 😂😂💀
If my mom asked me to "take care of her" I would call the cops 😂
Easy to say if you have at least a halfway decent mom/parents who wouldn’t even fathom doing shit like that to you, but imagine if going through crap like that was all you knew, and/or you knew the only other option was the shitty foster care system, and/or you have a kid/kids as a teen, and/or you still feel some semblance of love for your abusers, and/or they had psychologically groomed you before/after the fact . Fortunately, my parents never abused me in *that* way, BUT my mom was very verbally and physically abusive to me growing up, still picking up the pieces of that and other crap today ...in my late 20s.....never occurred to me to call the cops or tell anyone because even though the way she treated me (in part) made me so depressed that I started thinking of suicide before I was even in my teens, she was still my mom and I still love her, and the way she would blame me for things, anything, everything, I honestly felt I was just a shitty kid/person and that I was the one with the problem and not her, not to mention I don’t think any kid in their right minds *wants* their parents to get in trouble with the police etc.
@@twdjt6245 Thanks for saying this. People usually think it's easy to break out of abusive parents, but it isn't. As someone who grew up with a physically and verbally abusive mother, I couldn't bring myself to ask for help from others, I loved her too much. Abusive parents aren't monsters to you 100% of the time, they can be nice too, and that's how they control you and make you believe their actions are normal. Hell, I remember been disgusted with myself for thinking ill of my mother when she beated me up, 'cause I was so used to hear her saying I deserved that and it was all my fault, that I believed her.
@@meowstik what did your mom do to you. Physically wise
@@twdjt6245 damn what did your mom do to you physically wise
My parents were fucked up as well
"come take care of mommy precious" .... ew! if you actually read The book you would know why that's so gross.
Jack Doff The mother makes precious eat her out.
....I'm gonna lie down now, face the wall, and not move.
German Princess she made precious give head
I never understood until you told me, doesn't that mean the mother sexually assaulted her?
Jewell Ashley Yes, The mother was sexually abusing Precious. Can't really remember how long it was happening for. But in the Book its way more intense. The film talks about it, that's about it in one scene and clearly in this scene you know what's happening 😣😣
Aw I felt so sad when she stole the chicken cause the lady was so calm and nice to her and went “What you want, baby?”. Poor precious was starving though so she didn’t have any other choice.
This is such a good movie as well, it’s dark AF but the message is very poignant
I...I don't know that she was exactly "starving" lol...
She was starving. And PREGNANT . watch the movie
What kind of backwards empathy is that.
"watchu want baby"
it wasn't until my bf just brought up that precious ate out her mom, and I was like no she didn't. "Come take care of mommy," I figured she was talking about something else.. like her being sick or something. the small clip of her mom touching herself slipped right past my young mind at the time. I didn't think nothing of it; that she was masturbating... foreshadowing that she asked precious to... i-
Im actually shocked and disgusted.
Yeah same. It is really sickening.
but she did ??? i mean, what. wtf wtfffffff
Wow… I never noticed this
This is why Monique won an Oscar. Cause of this fucked up woman she played. I...I don't know what to say.
I did too. Never watched the movie. Just watched this because it showed up in my recommended vids feed. Didn’t know what the heck was going on until reading the comments. What the actual HELL??? 😭🤬 Beyond depressed that this is the reality of so many children. When society can’t even protect its most precious asset…CHILDREN…we are doomed.
My heart falls in my stomach every time I watch this scene when her mom asks her to "take care of mommy"; explains why she had to drown the taste out and probably the feeling with a big bucket of chicken, its truly sickening. Id like to say this is just fiction for a movie but sadly this is happening in real life too where moms abuse their kids in all forms.
@Me What is the full name of this movie
@@light4163 Precious
@@MeMe-ry1oj thanks greatly!! I will check it out
Same. It is so sickening what her mom made her do.
The mirror scene is heartbreaking. Her mom sexually abusing her is even more heartbreaking
I wonder what the white actress felt about this role.
Flattered
Dainty Daisy........She was happy. She played a small part. Got paid. Went home to her lovely white neighborhood with her lovely white family and friends and lived forever happy with no problems.
Mommy D um tf
Mommy D
You want to borrow my "lovely white" dad for a few days? You can have him without his meds if you want to do it on hard mode. And you can't call the cops no matter what he says. And pretend you have nowhere else to go if things get really bad. And don't cry, he doesn't like that. And no matter what, don't stick up for yourself. He HATES that. Don't lock the door because he'll break it down. Don't let him see your pets because he might try to kill them. Don't stick up for the rest of your family either.
...I think that's all the rules to this game. you want to play?
Tinilif Abinin omg, I’m so sorry u have to put up with this.
LMFAO THE REAL QUESTION IS..HOW DID THEY NOT GET HER???!!!!
Rtrumpet1.......smdh 😅😄😃😂
They did not give af😂didn’t even try
She got them wheels bro lol
@@adoremya4479 The cook was like "I'm here to cook, not chase down big bitches" XD
+Wurmo ....
What is it about the color white that make it so superior. For years in hated myself and imagined myself as a blonde white girl. We live in a F'd up world.
+kawaiisrs07 People want what they can't have and covet things that are "unique". There are relatively few women that naturally have the combination of blond hair, light skin, and blue eyes, which is one of the reasons so many cultures hold women who look that way up as "standards of beauty" and then push that view onto their children. It's the same reason women who were overweight were considered to be the ideal back in the days when the majority of people (a.k.a. "poor people") were thin and starving because only rich people could afford fattening food, and extremely thin women are the "ideal" now that the majority of people (again, "poor people") tend to be overweight because fattening food is cheaper than non-fattening food.
kumada84 I get what you are saying but blonde hair and blue eye seem so much more common though
+kawaiisrs07 That's partially because so many people dye their hair, even though a lot of them won't admit it.... ;-)
+kumada84 still, blonde is blonde whether you dye it or not. it just doesn't seem that uncommon. if anything, its the opposite especially the places I have been too
+kawaiisrs07 lmao seriousy? if thats you in your profile pic you hardly even look black. bitches prolly wish they was you
I remember watching this movie in the theater on my first date with this girl I really liked and it completely killed the mood. Didn't know it would be that intense.
Dsmn
I took a girl out to a Shakespeare play thinking it would be classy, it ended up being about a woman who was raped and had her hands chopped off.
@@thesquaremonger one of Shakespeare's comedies would be great though
@@thesquaremonger what was it called?
Yeeeeeeah I don't think that's what she mean't by "Ma I'm hungry"
ewe
+TJJohnson LMAO
cringe
ewww! did she really eat her mom??!
christian moore werd, she got riiight in there
I watched this over the weekend and been analyzing it ever since. I just remembered her cute little smile as she says “I’m trying to watch my figure”. It’s the first and almost only time in the movie where she looks like she’s happy but she is about to lie, steal and deceive. This script and directing is amazing!
The sound of that chicken crackling in the deep fryer...lord Jesus god
wat? wrong fat?
+Angel Johnon dat?
@Isn’t she Lovely thats what im saying omg i could drink that grease lol
Ha ha how the fuck did she rinse a 10 piece bucket while on the run lol
😂😂😂😂😂
+dbrooks12009 she actually threw up because she was pregnant
LMAO SAVAGE!!!!
Jade Williams she dropped a piece
FUCK ME
I always loved how the lady called her "baby".
Me too 😌😌😌
droppin the chicken and shit😭😂
😭😭😭😭
Mercedes Demartini 😂😂😂😂 word that shit became a 9 piece real quick
this was literally filmed a block away from my house. I used to always go with my dad to buy fried chicken at that same diner.
what diner is it
king of shepherds bush it has shut down unfortunately
@@yaseenthis2971 oh damn. what area of Harlem is it
wowwww
Was it good?
"Get that big bitch" IM DEAD😂😂😂
The movie was based in 1987 but they are playing 90's music?
Time machine... O_o
Sage this movie came out 2009
RIHXBEY everyone's a movie critic.
Sage I had the same reaction to dirty dancing, they played 80s music to a film that takes place in the 60s, I'm not understanding the salty comments you received either, but oh well lol
Theyres a scene when the little girl is holding a bratz doll when precious pushes her into the trash sadly but yea time machine confirmed
I died when she said, " oh no she didnt " hell Ill do the same thing If i didnt have any money
Tyler Mauga ojeojjod Lenin
Nieguen bin💜💙💍💚👤💗👣💗👅👣😛👄👣👥😙😛
"Get that big bitch!"
Sad thing was she was pregnant but her mom wouldn't give her any money to eat. Poor girl was starving.
Imagine if you saw a girl running down the street her size with a bucket of chicken... I mean fuck wtf could you say or do to make that moment in life better.
empress .empower Empress...Queen...LMAO.
What have you EVER accomplished? I bet you got kids and your " Baby daddy " ain't nowhere in sight.
You guys are sociopaths
"Get that big bitch" lmao i laughed the same time the dude laughed.
Looooooooooool
Get her ass!
sad
“Come take care of mommy Precious...”
🤢🤮 mane this movie was Dark af!!!
Explain
@@princejavv3314 Precious’ mother wanted her to perform sexual acts on her.
@@princejavv3314 Her mom asked her to come help with the sexual act...masturbation.
All these years I thought her mother said “come take your money Precious”
DevilAriana I used to think that too
🤣😂🤣😂 no no noooo
I never understood why my mom wouldn’t let me watch this when I was younger...until now
Yeah this movie is completely fucked.
Sounds like you have a good Mom, who actually cares about you -- you're lucky.
My mom let me watch this shit when I was like 10...like why tf ....I'm STILL disturbed.
Art imitates life.
Made me so teary when she looks into the mirror and sees who she wants to be.
Just from watching this scene, I'm pretty sure the movie is very disturbing
and why did you come here?
Chandra Leigh cause she did stfu
If you mean disturbing by vomit part I agree
Tiffany Nunn Yeah, it is.😔
Ohh, you betcha !!!
I would be precious friend IDC what she looked like I feel really bad for her and this scene Is sad because she was hungry and had to steal some chicken
All the best people are crazy You might not care what she looks like but you'll care what she smells like.
All the best people are crazy she didn't steal some chicken she stole a lot of chicken
All the best people are crazy so youd be a pity friend
All the best people are crazy SAME
It'd do her some good to be hungry every now and then
I didn't really watch this movie in its entirety. I did watch quite a bit of it when it came on the OWN network, but CLEARLY I missed a few details. I knew the Precious' Mom was both physically and verbally abusive to her, but I had no idea she also sexually abused her. What in the actual f*ck??
Black3y3dAng3L read the book. You'll see how sanitized this movie is.
Oh wow
I’m afraid she did ☹️
I had to read the book in high school as a class assignment but for some reason i couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that her mom was also sexually abusing her as well. 🙁 it wasn’t until a few years ago that i finally understood after watching the movie. It was even sadder to realize that.
I felt bad for precious that she had no food,
Ye because she ate all in one day
Mary didn't want to buy food.
Chris Peplinski liar
No, I have a socialist for a president that's screwing over its people....
sebring1960 You know most of your taxes goes towards the schools and the town.
" GET THAT BIG BITCH" LMAO
ninosimone x 😂😂😂
ninosimone x My thoughts exactly
How tf did she get away
+Vick Lester girl no
Get her ass!
i grew up in brooklyn and theres always a brownstone being renovated on the block. so we would have pizzas delivered to one, and be like, shit i forgot the money inside and take the fuck off down the back with the pizza. lots of us had fucked up parents and had to steal on occasion.
T Blair u gotta do what you gotta do lol
When I learned I was pregnant and still a waitress, some people were so sweet. When the table had alcohol and I would walk up, one of the men said ma'am one second and had everyone there put napkins over there alcohol drinks. It made me tear up and the wife came to me and said oh honey and hugged me and I just fell apart. I thanked them for being so nice I never had anyone care at all that I was pregnant so this scene made me cry so hard idk why lol!
“Come take care of mommy”
Me - oh I’ll come take care of you ... with a 5 inch blade in you
when she looked in the mirror that was so relatable because we've all done that regardless of our skin color. everyone of us knows what it's like to hate what we look like. I used to pretend I looked like someone else. I would avoid looking in the mirror and just pretend I looked how I wanted. But now I'm okay with the way I look. But there are lots of people who still feel that way 💔
Yeah, me too! I usually pretended to look darker, bigger, broader, more masculine, though.
Ive never done that. Idk I dont think im the prettiest, I have a big nose but I didnt have the imagination to make believe I was someone else. Especially not a white woman....ohhh but I did imagine being adopted by white people, like them coning in my life and taking me away to live a happy life with them.
Coming back to this movie 9 years later, wow...none of this stuff I actually understood because I was just 7 or 6 at the time. But now that I look back at this, man..this was deep.
6 or 7?! What the fuck.
I love how the ghetto music kicks into high gear when Precious books it.
2:10 the way he put that chicken in that box😫👌🏿
Omg ... I just realized what she meant by “ come take care of mommy precious “.......
shutout to all the sistahs being single mothas
I caught myself reaching for the chicken too😂
Fun fact: The Southern Fried Chicken spot at 125th and Morningside is now a clothing store.
This movie hits differently when you watch it as an adult
who the hell serves chicken this early in tha morning lol? 10 piece? i can't even finish 2 pieces of Popeye's chicken..
Weak ass
You're ignorant,bye.
We don't have a churches where i'm at but i hear that's like the best chicken ever.
***** Trust me i have no interest, its just that your mother gets around and words be spreading.
***** I try too hard? 😂😭Hahahaha, no this is how I am. You don't even know me so stop assuming. You commented on MY status talking shit so when my FEISTY self comments back "i need help" and "try too hard" lol and you are who exactly again?(crickets chirping, I'll wait💅) I handle living in this fucked society just fine. I mind my business and usually people mind theirs, but it's obvious you can't and when you try and start shit with me i'm not the one and will let you know about yourself real quick. Keep that in mind next time your juvenile ass decides to comment talking horse shit. You came off as being arrogant when you TRIED to insult me with your ignorance ,hahahaha. Oh well, i'll be "arrogant" & PRESUMPTUOUS (learn how to spell the word before trying to pass yourself off as being intelligent) if that will keep and get your simple minded, goofy ass off my status. Have a good day sir 🙋💃😎😘💜💚❤💋💕🌈🌈👬👬 #CallmeTylerXJenner
"O hell no she didn't" 🤣🤣🤣 lmfao
"Come take care of mommy Precious." Fuck that shit, she would've saw my dust!
Wait what do that mean? I haven't watched it before so I'm a little lost
@@queenjada7856 in the book, it’s more detailed and stated that Mary made precious go down on her😿
Same.
When her mom said “come take care of mommy”, was that in a sexual way? This is a horror film😨😨😨
Yes it was and Im still gagging
Yes
TheMonsterGroovy she had to do more than that
I know I'm late but yeah, she made her eat Ms. Kitty
@@nstruebluey39 shutout to all da single motha sistahs
I got a popeyes ad before watching this lmaooo😂😭😭
Lol the cook was about to chase after her while the dude cleaning the windows couldn't give less of a fuck if he tried
I feel soooo moved by the mirror scene, I used to hate being brown, and it’s been a long journey to feel good in my own skin
I feel the same way. Oh you got a big ole nose? Are you Indian, are you Mexican? Oh ok so must speak Spanish? I get hate from all races. It fkn sucks even as old as I am.
Ik, r? I used to hate being / looking "too White", yet I never fit in w/ real (i.e., full-blood) Whites, either.
"The other day I cried" quote is one of my fav quotes ever I still live by it!!!
I love how everytime you see the receptionist she's always on the phone with relationship drama.
she fucked that 10 pc up!lol
" tryin tah watch my figah " 😂😂😂😂💜💯
This is one of those " Why in the fuck would you ever own this on dvd" movies
Who the fuck serves people before paying?!
***** Yeah but what restaurant would still make half of the order?
Um.. Restaurants
Just about any diner in the US? This is hard to get away with though, and she got lucky.
@@heatblaze123 outside da hood they do
No matter what form you are precious, you are a beautiful soul.
2:26 Thanksgiving in da hood be like😂😂😂😂😂🍖🍖🍗🍗🍗🍗🍗🍗
This is why everyone hates white people. Comments like that.
so sad and this happens in many homes and the children have to go to school and get picked on and bullied and the bullies that does that have any ideal what goes on in the house hold.that will make a kid comment crimes and act out and half of the time they comment suicide. like real talk
The Defyer so what does that give you the right to pick on her and bully her no. You sound so fucking dumb. Seriously if you are disgusted or irritated by her appearance then try and keep yourself away from her. Her looks has got nothing to do with you so shut up and combust.
@@sai9718 and he dont even have a profile picture up trying to talk about somebody
I've never seen better acting than the acting in this film
This movie made me cry
My favourite scene in the movie. There's so much insight on precious' constant struggles within the movie. plus it just makes you a want to root her on. You get that chicken!!
When this movie first came out I was maybe 11 and my mom had the dvd. I saw it on the shelf one day and asked if I could watch it because it was a new dvd and I had already seen everything else on the shelf. My mom said I was too young for it and I could watch it when i was older and could understand it. Me being and 11 year old disregarded her and snuck and watched it anyway. I understood as a child that Precious’ home life was horrible and that she was being abused. I regretted watching it, it was depressing to me. The second time I watched it I was a junior in high school. The film that I used to find depressing was heart wrenching. Nothing went over my head I understood every painfully subtle sign of abuse like her mom telling her to take care of her even though precious herself was starving. The book and the movie are something I still think about today.
"come take care mommy precious" is she doing what i think she doing to that child????
Unfortunately yes :(
I was in disbelief as well
Most people don’t know that precious was also molested by her mother in this scene before she left the house
Fried chicken, one of the most unhealthy foods in the United States, for breakfast before school?
Watch my figure my ass.
Padlock Films You obviously don't know America is a bunch of fat asses and I live here fried chicken is the least. we have Burgers,Hot dogs, meat ball subs and etc
The american "fat asses" are mostly in Texas and coutry areas and in Detroit, the poor ares. The middle class areas have pretty decent figures. the guys are fit, and the girls are thin.
SuperRegal79
+Padlock Films it was meant to be a moment of comic relief. CLEARLY when she said that she meant it to be healthy.
+Padlock Films oops...funny.
This movie is absolutely gonna haunt me for the rest of my life.
No offense but how did they not catch up to her? Is it mean to ask that?
no lol
cockie jay she didnt seem to be running very fast..
I think they didn't went for her actually
peachyoongi yes
Probably just decided not to chase her. Nothin you could really. Would be a waste of time to chase her, hold her down (possible assault charge) and wait for the cops who aren’t gonna five a shit about a stolen bucket of chicken and probably won’t show up for over an hour.
Oh precious breaks my heart to hear that you're hungry but you got to do what you got to do honey so if you had to steal that chicken do your thing...
"Come take care of mommy precious"💀 that's so sick
I don't get it
shutout to all da single motha sistahs
"Come take care of Mommy, Precious."
Jfc
PrinceBonnie it sounds like she said come get your money precious
Renae Bryant yeah she didn't lmao
How can she eat anything after "helping mommy"
Um, I think that's the whole point of the scene.
She was also pregnant and starving
She threw up though
the part when she is looking in the mirror and seeing the white blond girl was sad. she was convinced that was beauty cuz she never saw any in herself or her mother.
She running with the chicken jesus
Does anyone know the song thats played while she steal the chicken?
It’s a remix that was never released
what was the name of the remix?
The day I realized what “Come take care of Mommy” meant 😩
Me too🤢🤮😵
this movie looks like it was made in the '70's.
supposed to take place in 1987
t13c6 Oh, OK. That's real close to 1970...
tellurye
It's more close to 1990 then it is 1970. They tried to hard on that old filter.
Pllm30 it was made in 2009 but based on abuse in Harlem in the late 80's
Well ya bt it’s meant to be set in 1987.
Man she crushed that whole 10 piece 😂
She just really stole fried chicken 😂😂😂😂