Silver Linings Playbook (15)

I enjoyed the movie. There is a great podcast review of the movie here - http://www.mondomaniacs.com/2013/05/20/silver-linings-playbook/#.UZyzeuv4mw4

Two mad people come together fall in love and are cured. We know that they are made because he wears a bin bag and she has sex. And they shout. Almost all the dialogue is shouting. Which doesn't make it any more interesting or convincing. Just louder. And they dance. It's Dirty Dancing with nutters. It was very difficult to know who was really mad. And this could have been an interesting angle on mental illness in families and society as a whole but it wasn't developed. It was shallow, boring and unoriginal. It was American.

Was not convincing. Can't believe that my friends raved about this movie! Very disappointing.

Not bad - both leads v v good, in fact brilliant. But the boring sports stuff lets the film down, it's given too much prominence. Could have been better.

The first 40 mins the script is wonderful,the acting excellent overall the film is quite compelling.The seriousness of the story is set off nicely with the black humour..However like 90% of American films it then fall apart..After the good opening it starts to wobble and descends from taut sharp film making to slapstick humour and Brian Rix type situation farce with a large dose of strictly come dancing thrown in..Even the good acting by the two main characters falls away due to the narrative degradation.The OTT sentimental ending is pure saccharine....Poor

Very fair review, although I thought that the psychiatrist character was well played, and I heartily agree with the readers who similarly praised this movie. I can only add that this was a great Christmas watch and yet another top notch American Indie. For me, all the cast acted their socks off, with Lawrence's performance the top of the (Christmas) tree. Yes, you have to go with it in many ways, but like Robert and Jo above, I was happy to, because SLP's key message, that to "madly" live life without fear is better than hiding, conforming, and not living at all, was conveyed so well and with great humour. Solid 4 stars.

A situation where mentally unstable people manage to help each other. Good acting, some laughs, good suspense, edgy and rough relationships make an original and attaching movie although some scenes are a bit to long.

This was a film of two halves. In the first half there was a moving portrayal of an American suburban family fractured by a son with mental health problems. However, half way through the sugar comes out and the film turns into a slushy romantic comedy. That is not to say that there is anything wrong with that - after all it enables one to come out of hte film with a happy heart, which was not the obvious ending from the first half - but one feels that the second half could have been more challenging. That said, this was a very well acted - especially Jennifer Lawrence, but really all the leading parts - and very well directed film that was very enjoyable and very heart warming, if not without its faults. Definitely a film to go and see, especially in a cinema that does the excellent sound track justice.

Solid American suburban romantic comedy drama, elevated slightly above the norm by a decent cast and moderately kinetic camera work.

Really enjoyable. It is very cute, but not cutesy. Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper are both great leads. Didn't think Cooper was two-dimensional at all, thought he did a great job, as usual. I hate rom coms as a rule, but liked this one.