Silver Linings Playbook

Silver Linings Playbook

Rating 4 out of 10

There will be plenty who will like this movie much more than I did.  I had high hopes as I like the stars alot.  Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence do a good job here with what they have to work with.  I wouldn't be surprised if they get award nominations.  Robert De Niro is usually good even though he hasn't really picked the right movies lately.

Pat (Cooper) is a troubled Philadelphia Eagles football fan that when we meet him is in a state institution.  Let's be honest.  Most Eagles fans belong in an institution of some sort!  : >   Pat finds he is bi-polar with a bad temper.  He loses his wife, job and home.  Forced to live with his parents (who are a little nutty too) he meets the lovely Tiffany (Lawrence).   As luck would have it she has issues too.  Her husband died six months earlier and she has been having sex with everyone in sight.   She is interested in Pat but he only wants to get his wife back.

The key that will fix everything is Pat and Tiffany are entering a ballroom dancing contest.  This is a conflicted movie of people dealing with mental illness.  Movie reviewers love movies like this.  So do the awards shows.  Royce does not.  The movie is right at two hours long and to me seemed much longer.  Not my cup...

If anyone sees this movie and enjoys it please drop me a line.