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PAT I looked in here, but this is all your sewing shit up here, for your sewing and everything. I'm not that guy. PAT Wait a second! Tiffany's face stays close to his. In reality though, all of the sap in Silver Linings Playbook can be overlooked due to the fact that the film is completely original, extremely funny, and contains outstanding acting from the two lead roles. Never mind that they've been screaming at each other for 90 minutes during the entire movie, and haven't agreed on anything.
The script must have been a piece of cake to write because there really isn't anything groundbreaking here. There are hundreds of mental patient movies. Erik-Dahlin 12 January First of all I want to say I really wanted to like this movie. I know it's a romantic comedy and it's not my favorite thing to watch but it has its moments.
The trailer of this movie made me really want to watch it, a story about two depressed people whom meet up. As a person who has been depressed and suicidal for a large part my life this movie seemed like something that could bring up the frustration of being depressed and mentally ill. No, not at all. It made it a silly and meaningless plot point and it dumbed down feeling mentally ill to a small thing that doesn't matter and everyone can get over it in easy if they just want to. The movie begins great, the main character is being released from the mental institution. He wants nothing else than to get back together with his wife.
He isn't sick he is functioning on a good level and hasn't realised that it is over. No one tries to have a sit down with him and tell him straight out that it's over. If they had done that this whole movie would have been done. They treat him like a five year old that no one wants to correct! And then there is the female main character, she is weird in fun way so it makes people laugh, but is it?
No, her character is stupid. No one talks like this in the real world! Who wrote this dialogue? It's horrible, it's written by someone that have watched too many romantic movies and seriously believe just having a small thing in common makes them the best damn couple ever! The main character's sickness is like a funny joke. I wanted some emotions, I could just think how much I hated him. He has one small breakdown and nothing else.
If they hadn't said that in the beginning of the movie I would have never noticed. I would just think he was heart broken and wanted to get back together with his wife. No emotions at all!
That is suppose to be the movie, struggling with emotions and mental sickness! Not having a god damn dance contest and at the end he declares his love for the girl! It was obvious it would happen that was not the problem, it's a romantic movie what did I expect? But they are not building up to it. And the stupid plot point of having a big ass bet that the whole family relied on being a big deal and they are trying to push it like it's a big risk and no one knows what is going to happen, but we all know!
This movie is so obvious with everything! I understand it's obvious, it's a romantic comedy. Give me some emotions between the choice of choosing between the wife and the new girl. This movie was made by people who has never had any emotional illness at all and that shows. The movie is either average or horrible. The acting is average nothing really bad and nothing good. The dialogue is horrible, no person in real life would talk like this! The plot is interesting but the execution is horrible, they butchered the plot, no tension or struggle at all and it just flows in a bad way with a absolutely breath taking dumb ending.
It had so much potential. The reason some romantic movies are good is because they the character needs to go through something emotional or make a hard decision in their lives. But nothing like that happens, the plot points just happens. How could this movie get Oscars nominated? When movies like Cloud Atlas or the great Joss Whedon gets left out completely.
My final thoughts are: I wanted to like this movie, I really did. I had read about the plot and its depiction of mental health issues and I was hoping to see a wonderfully nuanced movie with people fighting to get well. It was a movie without direction, it had no playbook. I'm going to assume that the book has more depth than the director cared to give the characters and that this is just a really poor adaptation to film. The characters are so incredibly flat and one dimensional and not at all a good representation of people with mental health issues.
In fact, I think some damage was done here as not all depressed people get manic and destroy things at the drop of a hat or run out and sleep with a bunch of people. They're not all at odds with their doctors. There were just so many bad generalizations in this movie about the mentally ill I can't even list them all.
The entire premise makes no sense. Why would you even set two people up who are at those points in their lives? It would be reckless to set up a woman still binging on sex with a man who was obsessed with his wife. I could go on and on. The entire story just didn't work. Aside from the script the film craft was one of the worst I've seen this year! I counted about 5 gaffs in the movie before it was even halfway through. These were not small gaffs but obvious things you'll notice and I'm not sure how the editor missed. In addition to that, the movie just didn't flow well either. The running scenes looking staged and lifeless.
He wears a trash bag to work up sweat He was supposed to be out of shape, but is definitely not out of shape when they show flashbacks. I'm guessing people were just voting this movie highly because of Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence are attractive together. Their performances are OK, but the movie falls apart so thoroughly around them that it's unimaginable why anyone would enjoy this film. Just got back from theater with my wife and had to write.. My top genre is rom coms and i can enjoy the lamest and most predictable, but this is a real stinker. I can't believe people clapped at the end, morons.
Other negative posts are right on editing, poor story line with weak motivations, but the killer for me was ZERO chemistry between Lawrence and Cooper. This movie never figured out what it wanted to be: I think they never figured it out or planned well so they threw it all in. All the actors did a good enough job but the support really let the movie down. I connected with the movie on 3 scenes only, the best being when the parlay deal is cut.
All in all I was ready to leave after about 40 minutes, but my wife lukewarmly enjoyed it so I had to stay. The word "Oscar" should not appear in the same sentence with the title of this movie as I see no one associated with it doing that level of quality work. Over the past week I believed I had seen the most overrated film currently frontrunning the Oscars this year after viewing "Zero Dark Thirty. So what makes this movie not a complete copy of many films before it? This film contains a horrific depiction of mental illness that objectifies human beings as caricatures. Cooper's character, who is supposedly the film's primary protagonist, is portrayed in such a disturbing way that an uninformed viewer could not be blamed for thinking that those who are bipolar - a very real illness with very real, good people who suffer from it - are all miserable, violent people who obsess over others to the point of stalking them.
His 'character' is then propped up and 'fleshed out' through a collection of tired tropes typically seen in Hollywood's voyeuristic, disrespectful portrayals of those with mental illness. Avoid this sickening film at all costs, especially if you are someone who suffers from mental illness or are related to someone who does. It handles its subject matter in a way that will disturb you to the point of tears before the movie is even over.
It's a platinum lining, not just silver. It's simply a smart playbook about the mental institution's recently-released Pat Solitano Cooper, shedding his Hangover boy-man shtick , who may be saner than his dad, an OCD gambler Robert De Niro , and Bradley's new friend, Tiffany Jennifer Lawrence. But that comparison is all relative because director David O. Russell remember his funky family in Flirting with Disaster?
After some serious outbursts of anger, Pat starts training for a dance competition with Tiffany in order to make contact with and eventually impress his estranged wife, Nikki Brea Bee.
The eventualities of the story are not half as stimulating as the plot along the way, some of the best scenes centered around the family squabbling about the Philadelphia Eagles or Pat's relationship with that "slut," Tiffany. When Pat confronts his parents at 4 AM about the deficiency of Hemingway's ending to A Farewell to Arms and when Russell places under another scene Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash singing Girl from the North Country, you know you're in a film that follows no particular playbook.
The dynamics as fostered by these superior actors are some of the best ensemble work this year. In fact, this is so far the best of the romantic comedies in recent memory. Pat and Tiffany may be bi-polar, but they can dance the stars into your eyes. Jennifer Lawrence plays so different a character from those in Winter's Bone and Hunger Games that it may take you a scene or two to recognize her. But when she dances, you'll confirm she's one of the best young actresses in Hollywood, and this film one of the best of the year.
Seriously, he's got to be the dumbest bookmaker on the planet. Any real bookie who followed his habits would soon be at an intersection holding up a cardboard sign. Silver Linings Playbook is unquestionably the most overrated film of the year. How this two-hour bore garnered a whopping eight Oscar nominations isn't so much a testament to this movie's excellence, but rather what a terrible past year this has been for cinema.
The Bradley Cooper character meets the Jennifer Lawrence character at a dinner party and the rest of the movie is pretty much the story of the interplay between the two leads. They spend most of the time fighting and insulting each other, sometimes viciously. But none of this seems to matter. We all know what's going to happen just before the final credits roll. But predictability is the least of this mess of a movie's numerous problems.
Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the story is Cooper's obsession with reuniting with his estranged wife. Remember, this man spent eight months locked up behind bars in a mental ward for committing a violent crime. Now, he's free on probation and his sole mission in life to to get back with the ex. Trouble is, his wife has issued a restraining order against Cooper.
That means he's not allowed to visit or call or contact her in any way. Despite this, Cooper ignores the law and goes to great lengths to go after what he wants. Nothing proves a man's true love like acting the part of a stalker. For some reason I found baffling, many people seemed to find this endless pursuit to be an endearing quality -- including women. There were plenty of laughs as Cooper tries to establish some sort of contact with his ex, including visiting her place of employment.
I guess being a wacko stalker is okay if you look like Bradley Cooper and were voted 's Sexist Man Alive. The movie takes place in South Philadelphia. Accordingly, we're subjected to all the typical stereotypes you'd expect. The only thing missing was Burt Young as the uncle walking in the door with a sack of sausages. There are a few nice moments, which were usually tied to the catchy soundtrack.
And it's okay to dream and believe in fairly tales. But that doesn't mask the reality that relationships take work. They require sacrifice and commitment from both sides. Yet, we're led to believe that once the boy gets the girl, they'll leave happily ever after. Never mind that they've been screaming at each other for 90 minutes during the entire movie, and haven't agreed on anything. They have virtually nothing in common.
Neither has a job or it would seem, much of a future. So, what's going to happen the first time Mrs. Cooper to take out the trash? Or, leave the toilet seat down? Is Cooper going to go ballistic again like he did with his first wife? So, let's get back to that idiot bookie. Remember -- Robert De Niro plays the dad. He lost his job some time ago, so he turned to bookmaking to support his family. Trouble is, there's not one thing in this movie the least bit convincing he actually works as a bookmaker.
On Sundays, the phone never rings. He never has a notebook at his side. Where are all his customers? He never once discusses games or point spreads, other than those involving his beloved Philadelphia Eagles when he's in action. In fact, De Niro is so sickly obsessed with the Eagles, he watches them religiously -- completely oblivious to games one which his livelihood depends. One might think that a bookie based in Philadelphia might have a rooting interest in Eagles' games, and if so -- he's likely want the other side to win and cover since most amateur locals tend to bet on their favorite team.
But there's De Niro, the ultimate sap. That said, the most laughable part of the movie comes near the end. I won't give away the final outcome. But De Niro essentially gambles his entire life savings on a single football game. Who does he bet on? You guessed it -- the Philadelphia Eagles. A few scenes later, De Niro is back at it again. This time, he wants to bet a parlay. He learns that the line on the upcoming Philadelphia- Dallas game is "Eagles He says "I'll give you Dallas plus ten points! The Eagles must win by ten! How can I get in touch with this joker? To be fair, I saw this movie in Las Vegas -- where sports gambling in commonplace.
But the De Niro segment of the movie was so absurd and annoying, that I heard a few catcalls and even some uncontrolled laughter. It's a bad sign when the most memorable thing about a movie are its flaws.
But alas, those are pretty much the only parts of the film that kept me interested in what was an instantly forgettable and utterly disappointing film. Silver Linings Playbook has about as much entertainment value as a losing sports book ticket. I love both Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence and the reviews have been so overwhelmingly positive I was sure I couldn't lose!
Boy meets girl, boy and girl pretend to just be friends for a while, boy and girl get thrown into a situation where they have intense prolonged contact, boy and girl fall in love and end up together. THIS is what is getting so much hype? I found Bradley Cooper to be magnetic and intense.
I have enjoyed him since his small role in Wedding Crashers and thought he was just superb in Limitless. He is the best part of this movie. The guy is super talented! I really was not that impressed with the other performances despite the fact I thought I should be. To be fair, no one stunk it up or ruined the movie. But I thought anyone could have played the other roles. I like Jennifer Lawrence but I didn't think she was that great in this. I thought the parents were played well but again, I didn't think De Niro was that special in this.
I'm not really sure I'd recommend this. I'd probably either wait for DVD or even cable. This movie was built up to be one of the best of the year. It couldn't have fallen shorter in my opinion! From the first minute of the film you are subjected to people shouting at each other with some scenes incomprehensible! The sheer chaos of the dialog and filming was enough to make me physically ill to watch my wife couldn't even sit through the entire film. There was a thin story line with Cooper being obsessed with getting back together with his wife after leaving mental health care, but this story was both unbelievable and uncomfortable!
She has taken out a restraining order on Cooper Pat and yet the police officer who comes to each scene seems to do nothing and leave with no real purpose in the story. So, the acting in this film is excellent and that's why the one star. Other than that, this is a hot mess of a movie in terms of any sense of reality, common sense, and human behavior. It makes is appear that bipolar is pretty much curable if a person meets the right hot girl and takes meds for a short time. And don't worry if the other crazy guy from the mental institution comes to visit as he's not really all that crazy, and the audience never figures out why he's there or what happens to him in the end.
Apparently anyone can enter a professional dance competition, regardless of ability or training, and book making is a viable job option for the unemployed. When a person gets out of the institution, he or she is apparently assigned their own personal police officer who just happens to show up day or night, kind of like a personal on-call bodyguard. Oh, and having a cra-cra dad who obviously passed his mental issues on to his son but isn't called on it at all is just part of the insanity that makes up this ridiculous movie.
But, hey, if a person dances long enough their mental issues go away and all is well. I'll be shaking my head for a long time as I cannot believe how this movie is getting the press and reviews I've seen. Excellent actors in a beyond stupid screenplay.
Complete waste of time and money. Sorry to bring the joy down people, but I've been wasting my time for the last 2 hours It is so painful to see good actors led to play in such a disastrous direction. Actors are plainly hysterical, going in circle for the whole movie. I couldn't relate, not one bit. When you go to tragi-comedy genre, you expect to get emotionally involved, I was clinging to my seat after an hour trying to figure out if i had to laugh cry or just get out of the room I wont mention about the American sport community thing, though it made them look all the more pathetic ok i just mentioned it.
The last movie -and they are few -that gave me that feeling of total emptiness was "How Do You Know", boy i had hoped it would never happen again Thought I would enjoy this film, unfortunately I didn't. You could see from a mile away that the main character was going to end up with the other women yawn, seen this in other films. It was too long, well it felt like it for a 2 hr film, it kind of dragged on and on, and was hoping for the end to arrive. Deniro has done better work than this, Jacki weaver was good, and deserves the Oscar nom for her role, as for Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, there was NO chemistry between the 2 leads, I thought His character was going to end up with his wife ex-wife in the film , would of been interesting if they had of gone this way instead of the predictable outcome.
Long on fluff, short on substance is Silver Linings Playbook. I hesitated seeing this movie because it dealt with mental illness, particularly bi-polar disorder. We have an adult son with this disorder.
Unfortunately, our son doesn't work and can't afford any treatment so I don't see a happy ending for him. Other than one explosive scene something we see daily at our home , the movie treated this mental illness with kid gloves. The two main characters were portrayed as refreshingly quirky.
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