Silver Linings Playbook

Silver Linings Playbook movie poster

Silver Linings Playbook is a comedy drama film in 2012 which is directed and written by David O. Russell. Actors include Bradley Cooper as Pat, the main character, Jennifer Lawrence as Tiffany, the main character, Robert De Niro as Pat Sr. which is Pat's Father, Jacki Weaver as Dolores which is Pat's Mother and Brea Bee as Nikki which is Pat's ex wife.

from left Pat, Dolores, Pat Sr.

At some part of this movie I have no idea what is it trying to convey. Especially in the beginning where Pat was talking to himself in the room before he comes out from the hospital. Pat was sent to the mental hospital for about 8 months because he beat up his wife's lover and almost killed him. This incident makes him got into some kind of mental illness which needs to be monitor in the hospital. He is then released from the hospital and he starts reading a lot of book and refused to take his medication because it makes him feel foggy and put on weight. He has been doing a lot of things that his wife wanted him to do before the "incident" happens even though he has a restraining order from his wife. Even though he is released from the mental hospital, but he is still out of control whenever he heard his wedding song. At this moment of his life, his first thing to do after he comes out from the mental hospital is to rebuild his relationship with his wife and to repair whatever bad things that he had done before to his wife. I personally think that it is very touch and lovely for Pat to do such many things just to rebuild their relationship. 

Pat with his garbage bag

One thing that I really admire the most is the way Pat talks, reacts, walks and communicates with people. "I'm gonna take all this negativity and I'm gonna use it as fuel, I'm gonna find a silver lining", he says. He really makes me get into the movie, standing in his shoe and predict what will happen next. I could easily understand why Pat reacts/talks this way is because I undergo people like this in my life. My cousin, she had been suffering from mental illness since she was borned. She couldn't live the life like anybody else, she couldn't enjoy her life as a teenager, she couldn't talk properly as anybody else, she couldn't get into University life as any other teenagers would do. However, through the way she talks & reacts with us, I can really feel what she felt.   

Tiffany asking Pat to dance with her in return

During a dinner in Pat's best friend's house, he meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence). She looks so different here compared to "The Hunger Games". She plays a different role in this movie which acts as a widow and suffers in mental illness and emotional issues. Everyone call her a slut and she doesn't mind. Tiffany lives in her own world and she loves dancing. She is a friend of Pat's ex wife, Nikki. Therefore, Pat needs Tiffany's help by passing a letter to Nikki. In return, Tiffany wants Pat to dance with her in a dance competition. By having loads of dance training, Pat and Tiffany find themselves forgetting all the problems and moving forward to their lives. Nothing different apart from other love stories, they slowly fall in love in each other and finally get together after they won the dance competition. I rate this movie 8/10.

Pat & Tiffany dancing during the competition

Moral of the movie:
Always forgive & forget in life. Live a happy life and do good deed. Moving forward with no regrets.



Reference

Silver Linings Playbook (2012) - IMDb. 2014. Silver Linings Playbook (2012) - IMDb. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045658/. [Accessed 19 February 2014].