I'm going to be honest, this film was a lot better than I thought it would. And the reason is because it is different than I thought it would be. "Silver Linings Playbook" is about a guy named Pat played by Bradley Cooper (the Hangover). One day Pat comes home early from work and finds his wife with another man. Unfortunately for that guy Pat is Bipolar and goes off the deep end and beats him within an inch of his life. After spending the next eight months in a mental facility he is released to go live with his parents. Not long after that he is set up on a blind date by one of his friends with a young lady named Tiffany played by Jennifer Lawrence (the Hunger Games), who is also a little unstable. Tiffany is a recent widow who had a mental breakdown after her late husband died, and she believes it is her own fault. Almost instantly you see some sort of connection between Tiffany and Pat. Tiffany wants to be more than friends, but while Pat is attracted to her he is optimistic that he can patch things up with his now ex wife. Tiffany (who is knows Pats ex wife) offers to get Pat in touch with her if he agrees to be her partner in a dance competition. At first Pat thinks it's stupid, but he soon learns that the competition will effect the ones he loves and his relationship with Tiffany. This movie was marketed as a romantic comedy, but really it's not. It is first and fore most a drama with romantic comedy elements, which adds so much to the movie because they take it seriously. Most romantic comedy's are pathetic, thrown together, money grabs meant to get couples to shell out 20 dollars to see a sub par movie. But Silver Linings Playbook is about two damaged and emotionally vulnerable people who are trying to put there lives back together. And the most impressive thing about this movie is how attached you get to the characters, I can't think of a movie where I was rooting for the characters to get it together so much. Both Cooper and Lawrence did a fantastic job in their roles, and they have the best chemistry I've seen from a couple in recent memory. Jennifer Lawrence may even be up for an Oscar for best actress in a leading role. I loved this movie and it's been one of my favorite films of the year. And while some people may be turned off at how serious this movie is, it is a emotionally charged film that I highly recommend others to see. 4.5/5
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