Comments on: Film review – Precious (2009) http://blog.cinemaautopsy.com/2010/02/06/film-review-precious-2009/ Film reviews, criticism and discussion by Thomas Caldwell Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:17:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Thomas Caldwell http://blog.cinemaautopsy.com/2010/02/06/film-review-precious-2009/#comment-1345 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:47:43 +0000 http://blog.cinemaautopsy.com/?p=3506#comment-1345 Hi Sam

It sounds like I “enjoyed” this film a lot more than you but I certainly agree that Daniels’s approach to directing and casting actors has something of a novelty factor to it. However, I do think Sidibe does extremely well and I came out of the film thinking of her as withdrawn and traumatised yet defiant and spirited. I did stop seeing her as a large women to regard her as a fully developed character.

Cheers
Thomas

]]> By: samwasson http://blog.cinemaautopsy.com/2010/02/06/film-review-precious-2009/#comment-1343 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:52:28 +0000 http://blog.cinemaautopsy.com/?p=3506#comment-1343 Mo’Nique’s tremendous performance notwithstanding, there is very little to recommend the film. Gabourey Sidibe is a striking screen presence, but Daniels, true to his needs as a propagandist, gives her few opportunities to breathe life, or even death, into her character. Her size is not acting; it’s a directorial idea, and a particularly facile one at that. The proof? If leaving the film, you have difficulty coming up with a more descriptive character trait for Precious than “fat,” it’s because Daniels thinks of her less as a person than as meat.

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