SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (2012) MOVIE REVIEW
This movie tells us to simply reach for your Silver Lining, then why did the movie go far past it's?
The story begins with a recovering mental patient named Pat (Bradley Cooper) who has just been released from confinement for the near killing of the man whom his wife was cheating on. Upon release, he comes home to his father and mother, Pat Sr. (Robert De Niro) and Doroles (Jacki Weaver). From here, Pat has to learn to re-integrate with society whilst trying to live a normal life with minimal stress, which becomes even harder for him once one of Pat's friends, Ronnie (John Ortiz) introduces him to Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), who also has a similar mental problem to Pat. This plot is unlike anyone has ever seen and manages to stand out, as unlike most films in it's genre, it makes you care about the characters and certain decisions they make, whether you agree with them or not. Whilst some would argue that the relationship between Pat and his various friends like Ronnie or Danny (Chris Tucker) were unnecessary, they surprisingly added to the story in a more positive than negative way.
Within the 122 mins this movie was shown for, not one part was unnecessary and painfully boring. Frankly if this movie didn't go for at least two hours, many people would question the plot holes that could not be filled in a less amount of time. While most movies would place random events into it, Silver Linings did the near-polar opposite as all the events were all linked back to Pat and Tiffany's mental condition.
The script is phenomenal. Although it has been said before in the older reviews, but this is what many people truly believe to be not just one of the best scripts of 2012, but of all time. David O. Russell truly did deserve an Oscar this year, if it wasn't for Argo practically sweeping the Academy Awards.
Now where this movie makes it worthy of an Oscar nomination is it's acting. While all the actors in this movie were respectable in their own parts, one person obviously managed to stand out above the rest and even managed to redeem an Oscar for her troubles. Jennifer Lawrence, she managed to basically nail a strong but also broken, mentally impaired woman. Most people believed she nailed this because she is a lunatic off the set as well. Special mentions should be put out to three men in this movie. Bradley Cooper, who played a near-perfect male version of Tiffany, Chris Tucker who played his part as the comedic relief as he is cracking jokes and close to all of them made audiences chuckle. Lastly, Robert De Niro played the perfectly casted father alongside Bradley Cooper.
Although it is ironic that a movie solely about reaching your Sliver Lining manages to far surpass theirs, it is still an extremely solid film and if it wasn't for its terrible luck of being nominated for best film alongside Life of Pi, Argo and Django: Unchained, it could have easily had more of a chance of attaining the Oscar. Always remember, if you stay positive, you have a shot at a silver lining.
RATING: 8.5/10
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