BBW Year in Review: #2 Precious

One of the most powerful movies of 2009 was Precious, the tragic (very tragic!) story of a young African American girl who struggles through her teen years with the burden of teenage motherhood, an abusive mother, and horrible memories of being repeatedly molested by her stepfather. The film finds itself in our year-end countdown because, in addition to being a wonderful movie, it features two BBWs who provide terrific performances: Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe and Monique.

If you haven't seen it, go check it out soon. Precious should come up in a lot of Oscar conversation and deservedly so. If you're not moved by this film, you probably have no soul.

Gabby

Monique