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Precious: Gritty Candor or 'Poverty Porn'?

Harlem drama brutally honest, some say manipulative

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 6, 2009 8:52 AM CST

(Newser) Precious packs a strong emotional punch with its story of an abused, illiterate teen in '80s Harlem, but where some critics see candid greatness, others see "poverty porn."

  • Precious is "a great American film," writes Roger Ebert at the Chicago Sun-Times,
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