Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

All Critics (237) | Top Critics (55) | Fresh (209) | 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

Andrew O'Hehir

Salon.com

Top Critic

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

Colin Covert

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Top Critic

A crazy beaut of a comedy that brims with generosity and manages to circumvent predictability at every turn.

January 4, 2013 Full Review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

Top Critic

An edgy romantic dramedy that suits our anxious times.

November 21, 2012 Full Review

Elizabeth Weitzman

New York Daily News

Top Critic

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

June 18, 2013 Full Review

Wesley Lovell

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

Margot Harrison

Seven Days

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

May 13, 2013 Full Review

Al Alexander

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

Bruce Bennett

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

Michael Dequina

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

Dan Jardine

Cinemania

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

March 6, 2013 Full Review

Jolene Mendez

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

Rima Sabina Aouf

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

Blake Howard

2UE That Movie Show

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

February 19, 2013 Full Review

Felix Vasquez Jr.

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

Mark R. Leeper

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

Jim Schembri

3AW

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

February 11, 2013 Full Review

Cara Nash

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

Mark Pfeiffer

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

Tom Clift

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

Pablo Villaca

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

Linda Cook

Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

This is a rom-com dressed up as an Oscar-baiting "dramedy". It's a good rom-com thanks to it's edge... but occasionally has the bad traits of a bad rom-com.

January 31, 2013 Full Review

Matt Neal

The Standard

Silver Linings Playbook puts the "fun" in "dysfunction." And sure, that sounds glib, but actually, it's a rather extraordinary achievement. Especially when you're skirting on the edges of sanity.

January 30, 2013 Full Review

Alice Tynan

The Vine

A bittersweet pill that's a mixture of an endearing family drama and modern romance that's an absolute delight.

January 30, 2013 Full Review

Cameron Williams

The Popcorn Junkie

• 1. Pat: The only way you can beat my crazy was by doing something crazy yourself. Thank you. I love you. I knew it the minute I met you. I'm sorry it took so long for me to catch up. I just got stuck.
  – Submitted by Cheynne M (2 days ago)
• 1. Pat: Nikki always said, " Ronnie's wife keeps his social calendar where she keeps his balls: in her purse."
  2. Ronnie: That's not true.
  3. Veronica: Ronnie? What are you doing?
  4. Ronnie: Ok, it's a little true.
  – Submitted by William C (29 days ago)
• 1. Pat: Hey Jake! This is Cliff. This is my doctor Cliff.
  2. Jake: Look, two things. We gotta watch that bubble screen for fucking Manning in the backfield, and we gotta make sure we knock the receivers on their ass off the line of scrimmage.
  3. Dr. Cliff Patel: You can say that again. Those cocksuckers!
  – Submitted by William C (29 days ago)
• 1. Officer Keogh: Do yourself a favor: respect a restraining order, ok?
  – Submitted by William C (29 days ago)
• 1. Ronnie: Alright, if you want to talk to her, go ahead. I don't want to talk to her.
  2. Pat: Why not?
  3. Ronnie: Because she brings me down, man!
  – Submitted by William C (29 days ago)
• 1. Jake: Did you get the jersey?
  2. Pat: I got the jersey.
  3. Ronnie: Beautiful jersey. Love that jersey!
  4. Pat: Veronica didn't like it.
  5. Ronnie: Veronica hates that jersey.
  – Submitted by William C (29 days ago)