Wow - best film of the year - very emotional

Rating: 9/10 (12 January 2013)

I have to agree with a number of the comments on this film - meggz3 put it exactly as I wanted to write it and I probably wouldn't do a better job of it as she or he has- I have to say I was blown away the acting was brilliant throughout by a sterling cast. Robert De Nero playing the OCD father deserves a best supporting actor and Jennifer Lawrence just gets better in every film and of course Bradley Cooper is just great - So many films will get the tip and the wink for the Oscar above this but that doesn't mean it doesn't deserve to be right up there with them. The superlatives for this film will still be going on about this gem of a movie well after the Oscars and I for one will be seeing it again because I fell in love with Jennifer Lawrence too! I don't want to say too much as I don't want to be blacklisted- but to play a role that is as difficult as somebody who has mental illness issues and to be as convincing is something else- but when two people do (an actor and actress) it is mind blowing - For me it is the best film of the year and I have seen most of the films that are in contention for Oscars- what they deliver in the most part is special effects or a history lesson or simply good old fashioned violence. But this film delivers comedy and romance in equal measures that leave you elated at the end and that is exactly how you want to leave a cinema experience I would be even more elated if this gem got best picture but I can dream