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Silver Linings Playbook

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• Comedy
• Romance

• 2012
• David O Russell
• 117 mins
• 15

Summary

Romantic comedy drama starring Bradley Cooper and an Oscar-winning Jennifer Lawrence. Thirty-something Pat is discharged after a mandatory stay in a mental-health institution imposed on him after he assaulted his wife's lover. After moving back in with his parents, Pat continues to struggle with his bipolar disorder - a situation made worse by his refusal to take medication. When he meets young widow Tiffany, they form an uneasy friendship, despite Tiffany having problems of her own.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Andrew Collins

This beguilingly offbeat love story was adapted by idiosyncratic director David O Russell (The Fighter, American Hustle) from the debut novel by Matthew Quick. Bradley Cooper gives a career-changing performance as Pat, a bipolar divorcé returning to his larger-than-life suburban Philadelphia family after a spell in a mental health clinic. After a chance meeting, he partners up with Jennifer Lawrence's fellow neurotic Tiffany (also keenly played) to train hard for a dance competition that promises to prove therapeutic for them both. An accumulative betting subplot involving real-life team the Philadelphia Eagles, driven by Pat's roguish dad (Robert De Niro, in a rare autumnal role of substance), stokes the dramatic trajectory towards the ballroom-dance-off, which is much more surprising than your standard Hollywood ending, despite certain conventions. This is a genuinely unusual, bittersweet romance that also boasts some terrific choreography.

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7.7/10

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Cast

rolenamePatBradley CooperTiffanyJennifer LawrencePat SrRobert De NiroDoloresJacki WeaverDannyChris TuckerDr Cliff PatelAnupam KherRonnieJohn Ortiz (1)JakeShea WhighamVeronicaJulia StilesNikkiBrea Bee

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rolenameDirectorDavid O Russell

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Theatrical distributor

Entertainment

Released on

2012-11-16

Languages

English | Hindi

Guidance

Violence, swearing

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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