Silver Linings Playbook

Movie Synopsis

Pat leaves a mental institution to return and live with his parents and try to reconcile with his ex-wife – except he meets Tiffany who brings her issues into his life.

Movie Review Summary

This is an Oscar winning film with some big plaudits out there. Unfortunately, I don’t see what they saw in this film. Whenever a film around mental health comes out it becomes a promising candidate for awards. While Bradley Cooper’s Pat and Jennifer Lawrence’s Tiffany are excellently played for the unhinged, alternative view of reality they have, it doesn’t feel like this film has that far to go. There are too many characters who have some issue or another and unlike other films in this space they don’t play well them together. All in all, it’s quite odd, it only settles in when Tiffany appears and even then it feels off the wall for a movie that isn’t sure what it’s trying to d0 – tell a love story or get the point across about mental health. If you don’t see it, you won’t miss that much.

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