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Silver Linings Playbook
After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets Tiffany Maxwell who offers to help him reconnect with his wife if he will do something very important for her in exchange.
2012 · Directed by David O. Russell · 122 min · Drama · Comedy · Romance · Screenplay in the scene database · 16 frames
Tagline
Watch for the signs.
Plot
After 8 months' treatment in a psychiatric hospital in Baltimore for bipolar disorder, Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr. is released into the care of his parents, Patrizio Sr. and Dolores, at his childhood home in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania. His primary focus is to reconcile with his ex-wife, Nikki. She has moved away and obtained a restraining order against him after he found her in the shower with another man and badly beat him.
Pat's therapist, Cliff Patel, tries to convince him to keep taking his medication because a repeat of his violent outbursts might send him back to the hospital in Baltimore. Pat tells him that he has a new outlook on life: He attempts to see the good, or silver lining, in all that he experiences. Meanwhile, Pat experiences a series of anxiety attacks, sometimes triggered by hearing "My Cherie Amour" by Stevie Wonder, other times he imagines hearing the song during an anxiety attack.
Pat attends dinner at his best friend Ronnie's house, where Ronnie's sister-in-law, Tiffany Maxwell, a widow with an unnamed disorder, is also a guest. They connect, talking about different psychiatric medications they have taken to manage their mental illnesses. She tries to offer him casual sex, but Pat is focused on getting Nikki back. Trying to get closer to him, Tiffany offers to deliver a letter to Nikki if, in return, he partners with her in an upcoming dance competition. Convinced that helping Tiffany will show Nikki he has changed and has developed sensitivity to others, Pat agrees. Pat and Tiffany start practicing over the following weeks.
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Crew
- Screenplay: David O. Russell
- Cinematography: Masanobu Takayanagi
- Edited by: Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers
- Music: Danny Elfman
- Production design: Judy Becker
- Produced by: Jonathan Gordon, Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen
Cast
- Bradley Cooper as Pat Solatano Jr.
- Jennifer Lawrence as Tiffany Maxwell
- Robert De Niro as Pat Solatano Sr.
- Jacki Weaver as Dolores Solatano
- Anupam Kher as Dr. Cliff Patel
- Chris Tucker as Danny McDaniels
- Julia Stiles as Veronica
- Shea Whigham as Jake Solatano
- John Ortiz as Ronnie
- Paul Herman as Randy
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: The Weinstein Company
- Budget: $21,000,000
- Box office: $236,412,453
- Themes: depression, infidelity, dancing, friendship, philadelphia, pennsylvania, based on novel or book, italian american, widow, superstition, letter
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