Precious vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for Precious). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 50m. Precious is the older of the two (2009 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Precious
The French Italian| Precious | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Lee Daniels | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Lenny Kravitz, Sherri Shepherd | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Precious
Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret; She can't read.
The French Italian
Doug and Valerie have made a mistake. Their hate-fueled obsession with the jerks downstairs — who always seem to be singing karaoke in a brownstone, who even does that? — recently led them to flee the city for Doug’s parents’ place upstate, giving up a great deal on a rent-stabilized apartment. Their friends are horrified, and regret is setting in. They start plotting their revenge— and before they know it, they’re staging an off-Broadway play…
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