Good enough

Rating: 5/10 (12 June 2015)

Patrick has just been released from the clinic, after his mother's help and he is trying to rebuilt his life in order to win back his wife. In the progress he meets Tiffany, another broken person like him, who agrees to help him approach his wife once more if he helps her with her dancing competition. I heard lots of things about this film and the truth is I was excited to watch it till it reached the middle of its length. Then I realized that it is not something original, on the contrary, you can easily predict where the film is heading. And that without having read the book. The performances were great of course, they didn't win the academy award for nothing. Maybe the script help with that as well. And the story was a little interesting, even though it lacked of depth that for me it was needed as the subject is one that raises many opinions. The camera and the scenes were all over the place though. It seemed like they were using the camera by hand as they were filming and the image kept trembling and going back and forth. And the close ups were too many and not too helpful. So, because of the bad shooting and directing, I give silver lining playbook a 5 out of 10.