Silver Linings Playbook Review.

Watched Silver Linings Playbook Starring Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro and Jennifer Lawrence. The film is a charming, touching, funny and believable film about the ability of even the damaged and imperfect to earn a little happiness. The films script and dialogue was beautifully written that brought its sharpness of the dialogue, and the rawness of the characters. Bradley Cooper was phenomenal and this is one of his best performances in his entire career. Jennifer Lawrence is quite fearsome and brilliant in the film. They play characters that suffer from mental illness, but are also brutally honest and that spark drives the movie.  De Niro gives one of his best performances as Cooper's dad, who has some real issues of his own. De Niro is tough and moving in this film. The Director David O. Russell does an amazing job with his sensitive direction allowing the story to breathe and be respectful of the main character's issues.  I just love how the film combines football fanaticism, ballroom dancing, romance, and mental illness into an unlikely and winning celebration in this film. As the title suggests, the film's overall thematic message is about finding a silver lining in any situation. It is not the deepest theme and I believe Russell understands that by using the phrase "silver lining" throughout the film so it is showcased on the surface of the film. The film deals with reviving old relationships, fixing familial relationships, and beginning new relationships all made more complicated when psychiatric complications are at play in two of the central characters in these relationships.  The film is one of the best movies I have seen this year alone and with Oscar nominations in its future. I really enjoyed the dynamics of the relationship between the main characters and the supporting characters which made the film very witty, heartbreaking, and emotionally gripping.  I thought the film was amazing from beginning to end. Awkwardly real and intriguing. What I loved about this film is that the humor is just so effortless. I will give it an A++++. Everyone must see this awesome film.