Silver Linings Review

Silver Linings Playbook  

Silver Linings Playbook is an American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. Russell, adapted from the novel The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick. The film stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, with Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver. It was produced by Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon. It was released on September 8, 2012. The film was nominated for 134 awards and won 84 prizes including 4 Oscars and 1 Golden Globe.

The story deals with Pat (Bradley Cooper), a bipolar man from Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, who has spent the last eight months in a mental hospital. He was sent there after he violently attacked his wife's lover. After his return, Pat moves in with his parents, his father Patrizio (Robert De Niro), a huge Eagles fan and his mother Dolores (Jacki Weaver). Pat is determined to get his life back on track and reconcile with Nikki, his ex-wife, who obtained a restraining order against him. He soon learns that she has moved away and obtained a restraining order against him, and that his father is unemployed and participating to illegal bets to earn money with the hopes of opening a restaurant. Pat becomes friends with Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a depressed young woman who's mourning the death of her husband by sleeping with every man she meets. Tiffany also knows Pat's ex-wife and offers to deliver a letter that he wrote to her if he agrees to be her partner in a local dance competition.

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