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Push and Mariah Carey debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this past weekend and left a good impression.

Shaina Wizov

Mariah Carey takes on the silver screen once again, this time in a role not at all like her character in 2001's *Glitter*.  
  
Carey plays the part of a welfare worker, named Mrs. Weiss, in *Push*, which made its debut at Sundance this past weekend. It's the story of 16-year-old Precious Jones, a girl impregnated by her father and beaten by her mother, based on a *New York Times* best seller by Ramona Lofton and directed by Lee Daniels.  
  
Early reviews by *Daily Variety* have been positive, according to *TopNews*, calling Carey one of the movie's "many delightful surprises."  
  
Lenny Kravitz also appears as a nurse's aide who helps deliver one of the protagonist's children.  
  
"Mrs. Weiss is sort of the eyes of the audience, the people who don't know anybody like \[Precious\] in their lives," Carey told reporters at *TopNews*. Mrs. Weiss may not be a large role, but it is a significant one.