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Silver Linings Playbook
December 2, 2012
4 out of 5 bags of popcorn for the overall movie
4.5 out of 5 boxes of milk duds for my own personal
entertainment
My Suggestion: Theatre
or DVD
The gist: Pat
Solatano (Bradley Cooper) moves back in with his parents after spending time in
a mental institution. He is determined
to reunite with his wife by staying positive and showing that he has rebuilding
his life. Along this journey he meets a
woman named Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence) who has mental issues of her own. What follows is an interesting relationship
between the two. Pat’s father , Pat Sr.
desperately want him to focus on himself and their family obsession (Philadelphia
Eagles football).
My take:
I loved this movie.
One of the reasons is because everyone in this movie was an INTERESTING
character and it poked fun at the fact that all of us are a little bit
crazy. In order to make a subject matter as real as
this work, there has to be an element of comedy relief. There were many laugh out loud moments mostly
provided by Cooper and his strange conversations with Lawrence, DeNiro and
Tucker.
In my opinion the acting was very solid, both Bradley Cooper
and Jennifer Lawrence gave good performances and brought a lot of depth to
their characters. Chris Tucker plays
Danny, another institutioned patient and friend of Pat’s and he is absolutely
hilarious. The shining star of the movie
was Robert DeNiro in his role as Pat Sr.
He gave a very real and heart felt performance of a father who doesn’t
know how to bond or even talk to his troubled son. You can’t decide whether you love his
character or hate it until you realize he is just doing the best he can.
This movie put a real smile to my face and it also warmed my
heart. It is a must see for this Oscar
season. I am not sure about the actors
nominations except that DeNiro should definitely be considered but I wouldn’t
put it past TWC to pull off another win this year for best movie. We’ll have to see how the cards fall.
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