Precious

In New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that she can re-route her life in a better direction.

Precious is a 2009 drama movie directed by Lee Daniels, starring Mariah Carey, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.3/10 from 121,284 votes and runs 1h 50m.