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1	!!The novel called Push has examples of:
2	* AdaptationDisplacement: A weird example. The novel is being repackaged as "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire" following the success of the movie. So the new official title is effectively [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire (formerly Push: a novel by Sapphire)" by Sapphire]]. See JustForFun/OneMarioLimit.
3	* AluminumChristmasTrees: While being diagnosed as HIV+ is still a serious matter today, during the movie's late-1980's setting it was considered a death sentence. Mostly, because it was, as there weren't too many effective treatments for it at the time. It was also mistakenly considered to affect mostly gays.
4	* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Sometimes criticized for being [[TooBleakStoppedCaring too depressing]], graphic, and hard to read. The sequel seems to be even more depressing.
5	* CompleteMonster: [[AbusiveParents Carl Kenwood Jones]], [[DomesticAbuse unfaithful husband]] to Mary and father to the titular Claireece "Precious" Jones, uses the two to fulfill his lust for sex and money. Carl [[ParentalIncest molested Precious]]--since she was as young as 3 years old--and continued to rape her well into adolescence; verbally and physically abused Mary in the rare moments she objected; and showed no care to the grandchildren he fathered with Precious either.
6	* {{Squick}}: It can be a bit hard to read at times.
7	* TheWoobie: Precious, obviously. Poor, poor, poor, Precious.
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9	!!The 2009 film called Push has examples of:
10	* CriticalDissonance: The film has a 23% in Website/RottenTomatoes and is badly seen by fans who accuse it of being unoriginal, but Website/IMDb has it with thrice that score and a lot of reviews which support its entertaining value.
11	* FanPreferredCouple: Cassie/Nick is ''far'' more popular than Kira/Nick.
12	* HilariousInHindsight: There are multiple future Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse alumni amongst the cast of this failed attempt at a superhero franchise. For your convenience: Creator/ChrisEvans, Creator/DjimonHounsou, Creator/CoreyStoll, Creator/MingNaWen, and Creator/JoelGretsch.
13	* {{Narm}}:
14	** The Bleeders just look plain silly when they scream. Even sillier when one scene shows them screaming...at a door. [[spoiler:Except the one at the end, who was much more powerful than his two sons who had just been killed]].
15	** For Cantonese speakers, the fact that some of the actors (even those who are themselves Asian) clearly have trouble speaking the language and give rather stilted deliveries can be worth an unintentional chuckle or two.
16	* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: As found by critics and audiences alike, the film's main flaw was its heavy borrowing of elements from media like ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', ''Film/{{Scanners}}'' and even ''ComicBook/XMen'', which made it to be basically a ClicheStorm of the "regular people with powers" genre.

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