{"id":13849,"date":"2013-03-29T15:37:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T15:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8ce250469d.nxcli.io\/?post_type=film-review&p=13849"},"modified":"2020-08-23T01:58:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T00:58:41","slug":"silver-linings-playbook-blu-ray-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2013\/03\/29\/silver-linings-playbook-blu-ray-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Linings Playbook Blu-ray review"},"content":{"rendered":"
After leaving a mental institution, teacher Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper \u2013\u00a0The A-Team) returns home to live with his parents and try to reconcile with his ex-wife. It becomes clear that his wife\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0want anything more to do with him so Pat decides to get himself in shape and change his life around. Along the way he meets a friend of a friend named Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence \u2013\u00a0The Hunger Games), a girl working through her own personal issues. The two strike up an unlikely friendship and reluctantly help each other deal with their current predicaments.<\/p>\n
Silver Linings Playbook\u00a0could have gone a lot of ways. After seeing the trailer you\u2019d be forgiven for thinking that this is just a romantic comedy. Or perhaps a hard hitting drama? Maybe it\u2019s a story about a dysfunctional family getting to grips with personal illness? It\u00a0isn’t\u00a0any one of those things; it\u2019s a delicious mix of them all and so much more to boot.\u00a0Silver Linings Playbook\u00a0is a complex story made simply and effectively by writer\/director David O. Russell that impresses throughout.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n Finally, Bradley Cooper has reached that level where he is getting roles to match his talent. For so long Cooper has been an actor many have admired but someone who never got the worthy roles that would stretch him as a performer. Now he has been given his chance and he grabs it with both hands. He is fantastic in\u00a0Silver Linings Playbook, giving Pat Solatano a relatable and very believable interpretation. He handles the complexities of the role with maturity and texture to make him a serious contender for Best Actor come awards season.<\/p>\n As great as Cooper is, even he is overshadowed by a sensational lead performance from Jennifer Lawrence. After\u00a0The Hunger Games\u00a0did storming business at the box-office, Hollywood has a new darling and it comes in the gorgeous, shapely form of Miss Lawrence who excels in\u00a0Silver Linings Playbook.<\/p>\n