Had "potential" but...

Rating: 6/10 (7 May 2013)

I am one of the viewers that enjoyed this movie and thought it's very watchable movie. But just didn't thought it was praise worthy as some of the critics are claiming it to be. This has a strong beginning and progresses on really well and had my attention most of the way through. But a little over half of this film it all just seemed too forced and just got kinda bored with it. It started out as this awkward romantic comedy movie that made me care and be interested in two main characters but it just started to become way too predictable and didn't have that intriguing and amusing psychological chemistry the beginning of this movie has. The plot is basically about two emotionally damaged and unstable people and the chemistry between the two. It has heartfelt and attention grabbing elements in this movie. Especially when it came to what the two characters are coping with and how they go around dealing with their emotional scars. Pat(Bradley Cooper) who is this guy that gets out of a mental institution, has a broken marriage and has bipolar disorder. And a Tiffany(Jennifer Lawrence) who is this girl that is going through depression and emotional scars after her husband died. And it's the awkward relationship between these two characters that drive this movie. But it just started to feel like the film goes in a direction where it tries to exploit the actor and actress in this a bit too much. This works in some movies but just didn't seem so in this one. Who knows maybe that is one of the reasons they took on these roles. Overall this is a alright watch but nothing really worth the hype over.
6.8/10