Wednesday, November 18, 2009
At the Movies
We saw Precious: Based on the Novel Push By Sapphire tonight. We had been looking forward to it for a while, mainly because of its comically long name, but also because who doesn't love a movie about child abuse? And of course I am a well known Mo'Nique booster, despite the fact that she summarily rejected my application to VH1's Charm School. I am hoping that Oscar season this year can make up for the egregious oversight that plagued her heart-wrenching turn in Soul Plane.
Anyway, it was definitely worth seeing, if a little bit hard to look at at times. I don't want to give any plot points away, but let's just say that a lot of bad things happen to this girl. It's not quite up to The Grapes of Wrath levels of constant tragedy, but it may well be more tragic than the life of Michelle Kwan.
The best part of the movie was probably the de-glammed Mariah Carey as a sensible yet sensitive social worker. Seriously, she didn't even wax her upper lip for this role. And the eyebrows were out of control! That is Acting with a capital A.
We saw Precious: Based on the Novel Push By Sapphire tonight. We had been looking forward to it for a while, mainly because of its comically long name, but also because who doesn't love a movie about child abuse? And of course I am a well known Mo'Nique booster, despite the fact that she summarily rejected my application to VH1's Charm School. I am hoping that Oscar season this year can make up for the egregious oversight that plagued her heart-wrenching turn in Soul Plane.
Anyway, it was definitely worth seeing, if a little bit hard to look at at times. I don't want to give any plot points away, but let's just say that a lot of bad things happen to this girl. It's not quite up to The Grapes of Wrath levels of constant tragedy, but it may well be more tragic than the life of Michelle Kwan.
The best part of the movie was probably the de-glammed Mariah Carey as a sensible yet sensitive social worker. Seriously, she didn't even wax her upper lip for this role. And the eyebrows were out of control! That is Acting with a capital A.
