Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Silver Linings Playbook

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Director : David O. Russell

Adapted from : Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick

Actors : Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher and others...

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Overall : 8.5/10

Direction : 8.5/10

Acting : 8.5/10

Cinematography : 9.0/10

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Generally, when two very hot Hollywood stars get together for a movie, it's either an out-and-out comedy or a point-blank action flick.
Silver Linings Playbook is none.

Those who think Bradley Cooper can't act and gets away with his looks, should REALLY watch this movie ASAP! He is a revelation!

The movie is about a mentally unstable Pat Solitano (Cooper's character), who, after a brief stint of 8 months at the Karel Psychiatric Facility, is allowed to get back to his life, and his family. Upon his arrival back home, he discovers that his wife (who had cheated on him with the history teacher at the school where he taught) has left him. He learns that she was scared by his outburst when he had found her in the shower with another man, and almost beaten the guy to death.

Pat digests the news with some pain and tries his best to get in contact with her, to show her that he is a changed man.

Then, he meets a recovering sex-addict Tiffany, (played by Jennifer Lawrence) whose husband had just died. She vows to get his letters to Nikki (his wife) if he could only do her one small favour : be her partner in a dance competition. Pat agrees reluctantly.

The other characters in the movie are beautifully drawn up, with everyone having his or her own idiosyncrasies, not to mention Pat's dysfunctional family. Pat's father (Robert De Niro) suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Pat's friend at the Facility, who is later discharged (Chris Tucker), was a drug addict, his brother, who is an egotist, and his mother, who remains surprisingly submissive throughout the movie.

Coming to the camera work - it's quite innovative, and the way it's thrust into the face of the actors (at times) makes you feel like you're watching the movie through their eyes. The chaotic nature of this quirky cinema is, therefore, captured well.

Jennifer Lawrence is almost as good as she was in Winter's Bone; she makes you cry and detest her at the same time. De Niro, it goes without saying, is commendable.

Watch the movie to see for yourself how Cooper has left his Hangover days behind him.



PS : People who feel it shouldn't have been nominated for 8 Oscars can go f*** themselves!

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Official Trailer