Holy shit, guys. At the very least, Precious boasts an amazingly effective trailer (click the pic above to head over to Trailer Addict to have a look). Other notes:
–Mo’Nique apparently has Oscar buzz for this from people who’ve seen it (at Sundance and other venues). The trailer doesn’t disappoint – looks like a meaty role and she looks credible. Good on her after slumming in Phat Girlz and Soul Plane. ::shudders::
–Mariah Carey looks to FINALLY have an acting role that she can deliver on. Looks like she has a smallish role as a welfare office counselor, and as is usually the case with these deglam roles, it feels a bit like “LOOK AT MARIAH CAREY STRIP OFF ALL THE GLAMOUR AND BE REAL Y’ALL” but she looks good. At the very least, I doubt she’ll embarrass herself.
–Finally: HOLY SHIT this looks intense. Jesus Christ, y’all. I was at a near Dancer in the Dark level of tears by the end of this thing.
Just watch the trailer, everyone. Great trailers can be made from bad movies, of course, but I tend to think that emotionally-effective films are the only ones that can warrant emotionally-effective trailers. This can only bode well for the film’s Oscar chances next year.
