Not so Precious

I know they said the movie Precious would be shown in select theaters but dang I didn't think theaters in the city where I live would get skipped over! Shows how much I paid attention to details. It was only meant to be shown in 18 theaters. I'm wondering what the reasoning behind it only being shown in so few theaters. My options are to drive to the nearest city to see it or just wait until it comes out on DVD. I was so anxious to see it but I think I'll choose the latter. My friend and I had our day all planned out. We just keep seeing the previews for it too! Oh well.