Directed by Lee Daniels Written by Geoffrey Fletcher   Sapphire   Cast Gabourey Sidibe ... Precious Mo'Nique ... Mary Paula Patton ... Ms. Rain Mariah Carey ... Ms. Weiss Sherri Shepherd ... Cornrows Lenny Kravitz ... Nurse John Stephanie Andujar ... Rita Chyna Layne ... Rhonda Amina Robinson ... Jermaine Xosha Roquemore ... Joann Angelic Zambrana ... Consuelo Aunt Dot ... Toosie Nealla Gordon ... Mrs. Lichtenstein Grace Hightower ... Socialworker Barret Helms ... Tom Cruise (as Barret Isaiah Mindell) Kimberly Russell ... Katherine Bill Sage ... Mr. Wicher Susan Taylor ... Fairy Godmother Kendall Toombs ... Abdul, New Born Alexander Toombs ... Abdul, New Born Cory Davis ... Abdul, 9 Months Rochelle McNaughton ... AIDS Clerk Roy Anthony Tarell Harvey ... Boy #1 Abigail Savage ... Bunny Rodney 'Bear' Jackson ... Carl (as Rodney Bear Jackson) Sapphire ... Day Care Woman Linda Watson ... Female Clerk Emani Reid ... Girl #1 Dashawn Robinson ... Girl #2 AzMarie Livingston ... Girl with Jermaine (as Ashley Livingston) Maurizio Arseni ... Italian Language Instructor Mugga ... KFC Cashier Chazz Menendez ... Man #1 Exits Elevator (St) Roy T. Anderson ... Man #2 Exits Elevator (St) Quisha Powell ... Mongo Vivien Eng ... Nurse Silje Vallevik ... Pretty Blonde Girl Matthew Bralow ... Reggie (as Matt Bralow) Shayla Stewart ... Ruby Erica Watson ... Sheila (as Erica Faye Watson) Ephraim Benton ... Skinny Boy #1 Shortee Red ... Skinny Boy #2 (as Shortee Redd) Timothy Allen ... Skinny Boy #3 Nigel Joaquin ... Unruly Boy #1 Esley Tate ... Unruly Boy #2 Uncredited Cast January Adams ... Student Dick Clark ... Self (archive footage) David Collihan ... Doorman Ryan Curtis ... Paparazzi Patty Duke ... Self (archive footage) Michael Jeremiah ... Vagrant Martin Luther King ... Self (archive footage) Tristan Laurence ... David Deborah Lohse ... Lady #1 Malcolm X ... Self (archive footage) Kola Ogundiran ... Skinny Man Catherine Pierce ... Social Worker Lorna Pruce ... HIV Social Worker John Reese ... Chior Boy Rose Sias ... Ferocious Woman Khalilah Walker ... Pedestrian Michael T Walker ... Street thug Kisa Willis ... Incest Survivor Dolores Winn ... Homeless Woman DeWanda Wise ... Miriam Produced by Lisa Cortes   Lee Daniels   Tom Heller   Valerie Hoffman   Asger Hussain   Kim Jose   Gary Magness   Mark G. Mathis   Tyler Perry   Andy Sforzini   Simone Sheffield   Sarah Siegel-Magness   Bergen Swanson   Oprah Winfrey   Original Music by Mario Grigorov

Additional Info Premiere: January 16, 2009 Theatrical Release: November 20, 2009 DVD Release: March 09, 2010 Blu-ray Release: March 09, 2010 Country: Distributor: Lions Gate Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Lionsgate (presents) Lee Daniels Entertainment Smokewood Entertainment Group Distributors Lionsgate   (2009) (United States) (theatrical) HBO Max   (2020) (United States) (VOD) (video) Lionsgate Home Entertainment   (2010) (United States) (Blu-ray) Lionsgate Home Entertainment   (2010) (United States) (DVD) OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network   (2012) (United States) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.3 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #1,494 / 20,704 Site Ranking #1,490 Bates Motel: Season 5 (2017) #1,491 Bates Motel: Season 3 (2015) #1,492 Bates Motel: Season 1 (2013) #1,493 Bates Motel: Season 2 (2014) #1,494 Precious (2009) #1,495 Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) #1,496 The Green Knight (2021) #1,497 Hannibal Rising (2007) #1,498 Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil (2019)