Silver Linings Playbook

Name: Silver Linings Playbook
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: November 16, 2012
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 81
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Stiles

2012

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Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: November 16, 2012 | R

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver, Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Stiles, Robert De Niro

Summary: Life doesn’t always go according to plan...Pat Solitanohas lost everything -- his house, his job, and his wife. He now finds himself living back with his mother and father after spending eight months in a state institution on a plea bargain. Pat is determined to rebuild his life, remain positive and reunite with his wife, despite theLife doesn’t always go according to plan...Pat Solitanohas lost everything -- his house, his job, and his wife. He now finds himself living back with his mother and father after spending eight months in a state institution on a plea bargain. Pat is determined to rebuild his life, remain positive and reunite with his wife, despite the challenging circumstances of their separation. All Pat’s parents want is for him to get back on his feet - and to share their family’s obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles football team. When Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own, things get complicated. Tiffany offers to help Pat reconnect with his wife, but only if he'll do something very important for her in return. As their deal plays out, an unexpected bond begins to form between them, and silver linings appear in both of their lives. (The Weinstein Company)… Expand

Director: David O. Russell

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 122 min

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Steve Persall

Nov 21, 2012

Silver Linings Playbook is a bracing shaken cocktail of awkward failure and accidental success, with Pat and Tiffany making a refreshing and unlikely couple to root for. We just want them to be abnormal together, share their favorite antidepressants, maybe even dance to Stevie Wonder. Read full review

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Nov 14, 2012

Family nuttiness, football madness, romantic obsession, and certifiable mental illness coexist happily in Silver Linings Playbook - a crazy beaut of a comedy that brims with generosity and manages to circumvent predictability at every turn. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

Nov 20, 2012

For a movie that seems at times to have no idea what it's trying to do, 'Silver Linings Playbook' is compulsively watchable. ... Throwing together so many movie tropes and blending them is both a brilliant idea and a scary one, but one that Russell proves well capable of handling. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Nov 14, 2012

It's the perfect material for Russell, who not only deals perceptively with the dizzying swings of manic depression, but makes it the fabric of a big, generous, happy-making ensemble comedy. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Nov 18, 2012

It's slick stuff, but Lawrence, in her most high-low, sad-comic turn yet, is remarkable. Read full review

Dana Stevens

Nov 18, 2012

It's a movie you're glad to inhabit for a full two hours, because it never stops surprising you - it's lopsided and spotty, but it's alive in a way that suddenly makes you remember to what degree most Hollywood movies aren't. Read full review

Calum Marsh

Nov 10, 2012

When one stops to consider how irksomely on the nose so much of this is, the qualities which intend to most readily ingratiate the film with us begin to appear perceptibly disingenuous and false. Read full review

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worleyjamers

Jan 27, 2013

Fresh and original, Silver Linings Playbook is my favorite film of 2012! It's a family drama, a romantic comedy, and a touching story of people suffering from mental illness, but all the while it transcends all these genres making SLP a unique movie experience. Powerfully acted by its leadsFresh and original, Silver Linings Playbook is my favorite film of 2012! It's a family drama, a romantic comedy, and a touching story of people suffering from mental illness, but all the while it transcends all these genres making SLP a unique movie experience. Powerfully acted by its leads Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper who gives the best performance of his career, as well as the supporting cast. Perfectly directed by David O Russel. Overall, just an amazing film that I absolutely loved.… Expand

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RamonGuerrero

May 2, 2014

An Academy Award deserving script, that manages to make us laugh, cry and even hate/love the characters in the movie, played by the best and most talented Hollywood stars today. Russell has created art and magic, by far the best movie of 2012.

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MarcDoyle

Nov 17, 2012

This comfortably sits as my movie of the year thus far. I sat with a wide, satisfied smile when it was over. This won't be a full review because I want it to be fresh experience for everyone. I will say that it shows outstanding casting, writing, and directing. And its use of a certainThis comfortably sits as my movie of the year thus far. I sat with a wide, satisfied smile when it was over. This won't be a full review because I want it to be fresh experience for everyone. I will say that it shows outstanding casting, writing, and directing. And its use of a certain Led Zeppelin song is so pitch perfect, it gave me goose bumps.… Expand

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Lyn

Jan 20, 2013

It's no "Ordinary People," but I really enjoyed both the drama and comedy of this film about people just trying to survive in their different ways. And the fact that a competent cast managed to do the job in a mere two hours! Know it's not a "blockbuster," but it's less preachy thanIt's no "Ordinary People," but I really enjoyed both the drama and comedy of this film about people just trying to survive in their different ways. And the fact that a competent cast managed to do the job in a mere two hours! Know it's not a "blockbuster," but it's less preachy than "Lincoln," doesn't embellish a real story like "Argo," is more relatable than "Zero," and has a soundtrack that's more enjoyable than 99 percent of the music in "Les Mis." Puzzled, though, by the Oscar nom for Jacki Weaver. She picks the son up at the hospital and that's about it -- kind of a zero compared with (say) Melissa Leo as the mom in "The Fighter."… Expand

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Spangle

Nov 14, 2013

Took a little bit for me to get into it, but once I was in, I was hooked. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence are phenomenal, and overall, the film is just incredibly touching and heartfelt. Really good film.

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NedRyerson1

Feb 22, 2013

Silver Linings Playbook is a peculiar film, because is a romantic comedy that breaks all the previews standards of that genre. Basically is the typical love story, but the interesting thing is that all the cast have a psychological problem. Starting by the protagonist couple, we see PatSilver Linings Playbook is a peculiar film, because is a romantic comedy that breaks all the previews standards of that genre. Basically is the typical love story, but the interesting thing is that all the cast have a psychological problem. Starting by the protagonist couple, we see Pat (unexpectedly well played by Bradley Cooper) a bipolar that speaks before thinking, then Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence as marvelous as always) a widow with borderline personality. The dynamic that is generated between them is based in learning how to live a normal life and be adapted to social conventions. The thing is that consequence of their condition the family and friends attempt to control their lives (the topic of the great power of the family is also noticeable in The Fighter). The family of the protagonist also is a dilemma; the father is an addicted to gambling with OCD and felt guilty because how his son turned out; the mother has an extreme necessity that all the relationships of the family maintain in order, living in denial; the brother lives with a superiority complex, but enters to a contradiction because of Pat. Then we have the friend of the protagonist who has problems with his wife so he release tension breaking stuff at his garage with hard music; the friend of the hospital invents excuses to run away and the doctor tries to fit in the American society. This great cast is amazingly well managed by David O. Russell, the only problem is that at the end the movie returns to the stereotypes of simple romantic comedies.… Expand

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Broyax

Jan 12, 2017

Deux heures d'un psychodrame à la petite semaine avec la psychanalyse de comptoir qui va avec, les clichés habituels sur les doux dingues (mais sans Rain man), la happy end éculée et tout le saint-frusquin qui l'accompagne : quelle chierie ! le meilleur moment à dire vrai, c'est lorsqu'onDeux heures d'un psychodrame à la petite semaine avec la psychanalyse de comptoir qui va avec, les clichés habituels sur les doux dingues (mais sans Rain man), la happy end éculée et tout le saint-frusquin qui l'accompagne : quelle chierie ! le meilleur moment à dire vrai, c'est lorsqu'on voit (enfin !) le générique de fin défiler ! je crois que Christophe Colomb a dû éprouver la même sensation en 1492 lorsqu'il a touché (finalement) terre.

Mais ce n'est pas tout ! à cette indigente et consternante indigence, il faut surajouter les comédiens qui surjouent en permanence, y compris De Niro toujours bloqué dans son rôle de Mon beau-père et moi (où est Ben Stiller ? où sont les chiottes qui débordent sur la pelouse ?) et à cet égard supporter les deux taches Cooper et Lawrence, l'un renforçant la nullité de l'une et l'une faisant ressortir encore davantage la surnullité de l'autre, chacun cherchant à se surpasser dans cette course vers les tréfonds du néant audiovisuel.

La thérapie du bonheur, elle est simple en fait : d'abord éviter les deux taches, puis éviter les films d'un certain David O'Russell, pitoyable branquignol de bas étage.… Expand

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