Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Don't take your meds just dance away your mental illness? Gambling is an addiction but it's all fun? Lie to the people you love? J Law is totally charming but every scene without her just doesn't make any sense, sorry.

Life/people are complicated and this movie portrays that brilliantly. But it is at times static and then bamboozles its audience with sports betting jargon and then loses me with superstition and finally a pat ending that hides any worries we might have about the characters' future. And didn't we all guess that Pat knew what he reveals at the end? Performances are great. Pity the movie doesn't bear scrutiny.

Silver Linings Playbook is a movie that leaves a mark. Phenomenal writing by David O. Russell along some of the best acting of the year makes this movie such a great time. Every actor gives A+ performances all over the board, headlined by Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. Both give such real, relatable performances that in turn make every scene a great mix of emotions. There is very little wrong with this movie and deserves great praise. Silver Linings Playbook is one of the best movies of 2012.

SPOILER ALERT...the film in my opinion is as bipolar as Pat is.By that, I mean that there is a wave of depression that viewers accept by the movie, but at the same time there is an optimistic perception of things that dominates also in this film, just like Pat's way of bipolar thinking and living.The problem with the mental illnesses is that even if the patient has overcome or at least settled down his illness, the people around him are very suspicious and never actually believe that this person is healthy.This is an extra and an unjust problem that has to face.Maybe only another patient can really understand and believe him/her.In this case Tiffany has affection for Pat.But with these kind of illnesses, even the patients can be suspicious to each other a little bit,like pat was during the dinner with Tiffany.The movie depicts very well the Pat's way of acting as a bipolar and develops a very strong bond of love between them two.Jennifer Lawrence's performance as Tiffany is very attractive cause almost every guy would want a girl like Tiffany to act with fully passion for him and to try to help him from his serious issues that bother him.One of my favorite romance movies, for sure!