Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, and Robert De Niro
Directed by: David O. Russell
Written by: David O. Russell, (screenplay) and Matthew Quick (Novel)Vanessa
Released: December 2012
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Synopsis:
A teacher, Pat (Bradley Cooper) who is recently diagnosd as bipolar, is back home living with his parents having lost everything, following an eight-month stint in a mental hospital. He is determined to rekindle his relationship with his wife who has since left him, yet she has issued a retraining order against him. He develops an unlikely love/hate friendship complete with goals, disappointments, and surprises with his wife's widowed sister Tiffany, (Jennifer Lawrence) who is struggling with her own depression demons, after her husband recently died.
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Pat's goals include returning to work, and getting his wife back, after a major weight loss while in therapy. His homelife, however, is far-removed from calm and soothing with his Philadelphia Eagles obsessed OCD father, (Robert De Niro) whose emotions regarding his team are expressed to the extreme, and has his own over the top mood swings.
A stray from the more glamorous roles for Cooper, he accurately portrays a crumpled man, still grappling with anger issues and frustration that impact on all his relationships.
Jennifer Lawrence shines in her portrayal immersed in conviction, and is unpredictably blunt. She is boisterous and irritating, certainly not tolerating an ounce of crap from Pat, as she strives to include him in her life. However, there is a warm and fuzzy lining to be discovered among their kooky situations. Though Lawrence has been memorable in films as diverse as "Winter's Bone" and "The Hunger Games," she emerges in this story displaying both a seasoned humour, and smooth charisma not yet observed from this actress.
Robert De Niro displays his manic personality with precision. His rants minimize the severity of Pat's challenges, and cause the audience to ponder who has the worst psyche problems... father, son, or son's new friend. Silver Linings' two main characters explore a magical spirit in the other, goofy, funny, yet heartwarming. Russell's writing and direction resides firmly in the way he delivers a comedy to his audience, without misplacing with the sensitivity of mental illness and its challenges.
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