A mentally ill man name Pat (played by Bradley Cooper) is determined to repair a damage marriage.

Rating: 8/10 (31 July 2013)

A mentally ill man name Pat (played by Bradley Cooper) is determined to repair a damage marriage. He sets out to get his wife back after he gets out of a psychiatric home. His dad name Pat Sr. (played by Robert De Niro) and his mom name Dolores (played by Jacki Weaver) He is hook up by his Ronnie (played by John Ortiz) and his wife Veronica (played by Julia Stiles) with her little sister Tiffany (played by Jennifer Lawrence). After Tiffany promise Pat to get a letter to his wife Nikki (played by Brea Bee) who currently have a restraining order against him. Tiffany asks Pat to enter a dance contest in return where sparks starts to fly. Pat is then left with a complicated decision when his wife shows up to the dance. If I had to come up with a theme, it will be "Repairing my love." In the movie, this theme can be included in majority of the movie. Pat is a man destined to repair his relationship with his wife and the community. He constantly tries to exercise to get fit because he believes that is what his wife wants. This theme is also applied with his father Pat Sr. He tries constantly to suggest that they sit down and watch a football game because of a father and son tradition. In one specific scene Pat Sr. was telling Pat that he was sorry he wasn't their more and wants to fix that bond. In a different scene Pat was talking to Ronnie about his marriage in front of people. Ronnie then pushes him off to the side, trying to quiet him down. Pat insists that Ronnie fix his beautiful marriage that is in the beginning stages of failure. Dr. Cliff Patel (played by Anupam Kher) also suggest that he repair his friendship with Tiffany, after a fail attempt by his friend Ronnie and Veronica blind date set up. Pat then decides to listen to his Doctor and give Tiffany a shot at friendship in order to get to his wife. Pat repairs his friendship with Tiffany several times, but at the end where he went up to his estrange wife. When Tiffany seen this, she rushes out the dance hall, but Pat runs after her while confessing his love in a letter. The first movie or film that came to my mind with this same theme was Forest Gump. Forest was constantly repairing his relationship with Jenny. In the Silver Linings Playbook, two techniques that was use that put emphasis on scenes in the movie was angle and motifs. The director use angles in a common conflict. When a conflict arise, they are shot individually until they make up then they are shot together. He shows the division in a situation. I also believe motifs are involved with the beginning scene with the radio and mayonnaise jar. Pat picture at his parent's house. The word excelsior is also shown as images throughout the movie and the Philadelphia Eagles symbol. In this beautiful film, it shows that a person with a positive attitude can mend broken wings and repairing themselves while repairing the right relationships. Now that is excelsior.