A Tale of Two Movies

Rating: 7/10 (8 June 2013)

I had a number of laughs in Silver Lining, mainly because of the great performances of the cast. The film makers gathered together an ensemble that I'd love to see live on in another movie. Performed by lesser actors, the material would never have shone and entertained as well. I thought, however, that this was a movie that in its second half forgot the first half of the picture. We went from an engrossing movie of two characters, both mentally challenged, yet both lovable playing it for laughs to Saturday Night Fever, the second half of the movie, losing it's relationship to what made the characters so good. It was a good entertainment that could have been better had both script and direction held the movie together in a unified whole.