Silver Linings Playbook:
Story:
Pat, a troubled guy recently released from a mental health institution, meets Tiffany, a girl with a troubled past of her own. Together they embark on a journey that will change both of their lives forever.
Review:
For the record, I am not a guy that's big on romantic films. They tend to be cheesy, overly dramatic, and so cliched that only the sappiest of people can watch and enjoy them.
Basically they tend to suck. They are underwhelming, unintelligent, overly mushy films that as stated before only appeal to those of us who make out with our significant others in public areas for up to half an hour, making everyone else in the public areas feel awkward/uncomfortable/irritated/any other emotion that that kind of PDA causes.
So when I finally got around to watching Silver Linings Playbook, I was pleasantly surprised to discover an intelligent and witty romantic comedy that is enjoyably uncomplicated.
The genius of this film is that it's not made for dumb people, yet manages to not be complicated by the various subject matter involving emotional health in the story. It is, without a doubt, what romantic comedies should be: films that manage to be full of story and emotion yet simple and realistic.
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence are an amazing onscreen couple, and they seemed to genuinely spark.
That's not to say that the rest of the cast don't deserve praise. Chris Tucker was amazing as Danny, Pat's friend from the institution; Robert DeNiro was great as Pat sr., the superstitious sport gambler. There are obviously more cast, but I'm not going to go through an entire paragraph naming every actor/actress and every good job, so I will say overall that everyone did a great job.
Overall, I enjoyed Silver Linings Playbook. It's an actual romance film that manages to stray away from any other romance genre film, especially those stupid films based on Nicholas Sparks novels. Seriously, someone should tell him to stop writing. We all know his stories are the exact same formula just used over and over and over again.
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