Westside Steve Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Silver Lining Playbook Weinstein R 120 min So as the Oscars draw closer and closer I'll be catching up on some flicks that seemed like a minor players but made it into the final round. Yeah I realize everybody wants to sell tickets and make money therefore adding twice as many films to the best picture category. Fortunately there are just so many really good movies released each and every year that you can expect the top 10 to be pretty damn good. Just from the summary I wouldn't have expected much from A quirky boy meets quirky girl romantic comedy featuring Bobby De Niro in his shopworn role of comedic gruff pop. Had it not been for the nomination I wouldn't have guessed it was just odd enough to push it over the top. I probably shouldn't judge as many books by their covers, huh? So, and it isn't often that this will strike me but one of the shining moments of this film is Jennifer Lawrence who is turning out to be one of Hollywood's bright young stars. I've been impressed by the way she held her own on Saturday Night Live as well as bringing a spark that helped turn a crappy book into a pretty good film in THE HUNGER GAMES. As a matter of fact both the characters here are whatever you’d call anti-hero in a romantic comedy. Neither is particularly likeable at the outset but the quirks never step over the line into creepy. Pat (Bradley Cooper) lives in a fantasy world in which his ex-wife (who probably dumped him because he is crazy) is on the brink, of coming back to him. Of course that’s only in his deranged mind. Tiffany's (Lawrence) positively unable to make hey worthwhile connection with any of the dozens of random boyfriends she will use and discard like so many tissues. Of course not only are the main characters nuts, so are all their friends and family. Parts of this nontraditional love story revolve around his father's, (De Niro) obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles and her focus on an upcoming dance contest. Everything is a little bit left of center and that's exactly what places silver linings playbook above the pack. Take away the insanity and you'd be left with a Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts potboiler. It does stand above the crows. A- (I’d have given it an A if it were the Browns instead of the Eagles. <G> WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombo Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Saw it last night, loved it .. agree on the A-, too bad it wasn't the Browns. Jennifer Lawrence is smoking hot. Zombo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 Saw it the other night too. All good performances. I believe Jennifer won the Oscar for this. Well deserved. However, for the entire movie, both my wife and I about swore that the mother was played by Sally Struthers. It wasn't Sally, it was Jackie Weaver (who was also nominated for best supporting actress). It could have been Sally Struthers, it sounded like her and looked a lot like her....but it was not until the credits that we were corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombo Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 I thought it was Sally Struthers the whole way through. I thought what a strange choice to pair with DeNiro and what a late life comeback role for Sally! Didn't know bit wasn't her until I googled theovie the next day. Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 J Law was smoking hot. Storyline was absurd with a dialogue only a 13 year old could enjoy. Sort of liked the Eagles angle but I'll stick with Invincible and Big Fan to satisfy any NFC north itch I may have. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1228953/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPPT1974 Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 Loved the movie. Has a dry sense of humor. Really great acting and writing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Just saw this finally. Really great movie I liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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