Worth watching

Rating: 7/10 (31 January 2016)

Watched it because I love David O. Russell's films. This an American dream story. It's real, eventful and deep if you know what the story is about. Jennifer Lawrence brings much strength, courage and plenty of angst to the role as the housewife to matriarch role demands.
Her wacky family can be anyone's wacky family. They help her. they hurt her. There are wonderful performances by Robert di Niro, Virginia Madsen, Diane Ladd, Isabella Rossellini and Bradley Cooper. her ex husband is good too. Don't know Edgar Ramirez but he's a good actor. Diana Polanco from Orange is the New Black knocks her role out of the ballpark. She has something. I don't know what it is - but it's a certain kind of star power.
The story is just that - the story of what it takes to succeed in business. With all her breaks, she still could have been broken many times along the way.
It's great they just tell us her family tried to sue her for the business later but didn't show it. Couldn't take much more of them.
Watch it because it's great filmmaking - and it stars Jennifer Lawrence.