Silver Lining Golden Message

Rating: 10/10 (9 April 2013)

I have no idea how Jennifer Lawrence was when she played the heroine for a generation of Hunger Games obsessed teens. I do know, however, that she scored a massive touchdown in this film, Silver Lining's Playbook. I hope that she is taking her Oscar everywhere because boy did she deserve it. Hat's off to Mr. Bradley Cooper who I admittedly underestimated as your classic Hollywood pretty face. Bradley Cooper shines and delivers like no one else. The chemistry between Lawrence and Cooper sucks you in and you laugh the whole way through because you realize that these things could happen to anyone. Robert DeNiro is so genuine and so funny as the head of his household that sometimes you feel like an eavesdropper in their house and in their life as you go scene through scene. The question is, "Are these two knuckleheads not all there?" The answer is, "Yes, they are a bit off and it's okay because they are honest and they stick to what matters most." If you want to get fancy, the psychological portrayals are accurate and the in your face approach is refreshing especially if you were under the impression that a Pretty Womanesque Romcom was what you signed up for in the first place.