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Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

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Average Rating: 8.2/10
Reviews Counted: 229
Fresh: 211 | Rotten: 18

Silver Linings Playbook walks a tricky thematic tightrope, but David O. Russell's sensitive direction and some sharp work from a talented cast gives it true balance.

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Average Rating: 8.6/10
Critic Reviews: 50
Fresh: 45 | Rotten: 5

Silver Linings Playbook walks a tricky thematic tightrope, but David O. Russell's sensitive direction and some sharp work from a talented cast gives it true balance.

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Life doesn't always go according to plan. Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) has lost everything -- his house, his job, and his wife. He now finds himself living back with his mother (Jacki Weaver) and father (Robert DeNiro) after spending eight months is a state institution on a plea bargain. Pat is determined to rebuild his life, remain positive and reunite with his wife, despite the challenging circumstances of their separation. All Pat's parents want is for him to get back on his feet-and to

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Matthew M. Quick

Apr 30, 2013

$132.1M

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All Critics (239) | Top Critics (55) | Fresh (211) | Rotten (18) | DVD (2)

It's a rom-com that succeeds in revitalizing that discredited genre where so many others have failed, injecting it with the grit and emotion of realist drama rather than with amped-up whimsy or social satire or montages of people walking on the beach.

January 4, 2013 Full Review Source: Salon.com
Salon.com
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Silver Linings Playbook tells us that happily-ever-after may depend on finding people who coexist with our lunacy, not ones who can lead us out of it. In any case, it's crazy good.

January 4, 2013 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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A crazy beaut of a comedy that brims with generosity and manages to circumvent predictability at every turn.

January 4, 2013 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
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An edgy romantic dramedy that suits our anxious times.

November 21, 2012 Full Review Source: New York Daily News
New York Daily News
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In an age when the concept of comedies about possible kinships between characters is dominated by sugary devices and contrivance, here at last is a movie about real situations, real people and the natural experiences that evolve from them.

August 1, 2013 Full Review Source: Cinemaphile.org
Cinemaphile.org

A unique dramedy that stands heads and shoulders above most romantic films.

June 30, 2013 Full Review Source: John Hanlon Reviews
John Hanlon Reviews

A wild mess, but what a mess it is.

June 23, 2013 Full Review Source: Deadspin
Deadspin

It finds the gentle balance between traditional romantic comedy and artistic exploration of the laws of attraction.

June 18, 2013 Full Review Source: Cinema Sight
Cinema Sight

A romantic comedy for people who don't like what Hollywood has been calling 'romantic comedies' these days.

May 22, 2013 Full Review Source: Seven Days
Seven Days

One of the most pleasurably offbeat experiences since the Philadelphia Eagles last enjoyed a winning season.

May 13, 2013 Full Review Source: The Patriot Ledger
The Patriot Ledger

A deft treatment of its delicate subject material and some remarkable performances that give the film both touching, raw, authentic emotion and a certain kinetic humor.

April 23, 2013 Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

Jennifer Lawrence is the only aspect of the film that truly lives up to the trumped-up awards buzz and hype, but being a perfectly enjoyable light comedy with heaps of heart is no small feat in itself.

March 31, 2013 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com
TheMovieReport.com

I love the work that deNiro and Lawrence do here, but ultimately all they do is prove the old adage that you can cover up a lot of problems with the script by hiring good actors.

March 21, 2013 Full Review Source: Cinemania

"Silver Linings Playbook" could not be a more awkward love story. But I loved every second of it!

March 6, 2013 Full Review Source: Entertainment Spectrum
Entertainment Spectrum

Silver Linings Playbook looks like your run-of-the-mill wacky family comedy, but it's an important film and a great one that deserves to sweep the awards it's nominated for.

February 26, 2013 Full Review Source: Concrete Playground
Concrete Playground

Silver Linings Playbook is defined by the positive decisions that are made in the face of imperfection, desperation, and the desolate wasteland of your world in pieces.

February 23, 2013 Full Review Source: 2UE That Movie Show
2UE That Movie Show

Director David O. Russell forms a unique and incredible romance dramedy...

February 19, 2013 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed
Cinema Crazed

There is some charm to the story, but the final act is very neat, predictable, contrived, and not up to originality of the first two.

February 18, 2013 Full Review Source: Mark Leeper's Reviews
Mark Leeper's Reviews

Director David O. Russell is a little too chipper at times - breaking a restraining order is really no joke - but he brings a breeziness to this likeable tale of two misfits trying to make it work.

February 15, 2013 Full Review Source: 3AW

It may be a Hollywood comedy, but it's one that feels beautifully alive.

February 11, 2013 Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia)
FILMINK (Australia)

On the surface Silver Linings Playbook is a raucous romantic comedy, but its real interests are superstition and delusion.

February 4, 2013 Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

A volatile mix of familial drama and madcap comedy, infectious optimism and razor-wire wit, it's one of the most purely enjoyable films released in the past twelve months.

February 3, 2013 Full Review Source: Moviedex
Moviedex

Parece desistir de qualquer traço de originalidade em seu clímax, quando se entrega a todos os clichês do gênero: mal-entendidos, mocinhos obrigados a correr atrás da mocinha pela rua e, claro, o insuportável travelling circular do beijo romântico.

February 3, 2013 Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena
Cinema em Cena

I suppose the phrase 'serious romantic comedy' sounds like a paradox. But that's exactly what 'Silver Linings Playbook' is: an intelligent, edgy dark comedy with romance at its core.

February 3, 2013 Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Audience Reviews for Silver Linings Playbook

A beautiful movie. I'm usually disappointed by Oscar nominated movies because all the hype builds up to a let down. This one, however, lives up to its hype. Not only is it a beautiful movie, it's a great love story. Jennifer Lawrence is a comer. My only bone to pick is the way the central focus on the bipolar life Cooper lives drops out of the film when the dancing takes over.
August 14, 2013
binky013

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Pretty much the perfect movie. For any girl, anywhere. Move over Jane Austen. It's got eye candy, drama, laughs, Jennifer Lawrence, football, violent-but-nonlethal-fistfights, romance and dancing!! This may be my favourite romantic movie since The Departed or that time I first watched The Town and kept watching, 4x in a row. And this is the only movie I've ever liked Bradley Cooper in. JLaw absolutely stole the show though, her histrionic displays were like watching an underwater volcano erupt -- brilliant, jaw-dropping, so elegant they're practically in slow-mo, and relatively subdued for how vibrantly they bloom into action. Damn. Saving this one for an ice-cream night in.
February 22, 2013
Letitia Lew

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    1. Pat: Mom, can we stop at the library? I want to read Nikki's entire high school syllabus.
    – Submitted by Michael M (2 months ago)
    1. Tiffany: It can still be a date if you order raisin bran.
    – Submitted by Michael M (2 months ago)
    1. Pat Sr.: You gotta pay attention to the signs. When life reaches out a moment like this, it's a sin if you don't reach back. It'll haunt you for the rest of your days like a curse.
    – Submitted by Kaye E (2 months ago)
    1. Pat Sr.: You love her even before you realized it.
    – Submitted by Kaye E (2 months ago)
    1. Tiffany: You told your therapist that you were in a superior mental illness category, didn't you?
    – Submitted by Jao R (3 months ago)
    1. Tiffany: You say more inappropriate things than you say appropriate things. You scare people.
    – Submitted by Diana G (3 months ago)
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One of the worst movies I've ever seen. 18 hours ago 368
Started out great - then jumped the shark 3/4 of the way through 2 months ago 89
Jennifer Lawrence 3 months ago 78
Treatment of Bipolar in this movie 3 months ago 49
Slant 3 months ago 30

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