I was trying to be romantic.....

Rating: 9/10 (3 February 2013)

Pat Solatano has lost everything - his house, his job, and his wife. He now finds himself living back with his mother and father after spending eight months in a state institution on a plea bargain.
Pat is determined to rebuild his life, remain positive and reunite with his wife, despite the challenging circumstances of their separation.
All Pat's parents want is for him to get back on his feet - and to share their family's obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles football team. When Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own, things get complicated.
Tiffany offers to help Pat reconnect with his wife, but only if he'll do something very important for her in return.
As their deal plays out, an unexpected bond begins to form between them, and silver linings appear in both of their lives....
This is one of those films that will have doubters of most of the actors in this feel redeemed, because the majority of the people in this have never been better, or haven't been this good in a very long time.
Firstly, Cooper, Lawrence, and even bloody Christ Tucker are at a career best level here. They are totally believable as mentally challenged individuals. Cooper especially in his scenes late at night, gradually getting more and more vexed because he cannot find certain things and trusting his instinct to distrust close ones.
And De Niro, the man hasn't done a decent performance since the mid Nineties, but here, he really deserves the nomination he's got, he's brilliant.
Dealing with these sort of conditions can be very ham fisted on screen, see pap like Crazy People, but this deals with Bi-Polar, Cyclomethia, and OCD in a very respectable way, and this is where the film wins.
Add on some really funny scenes, every time the police officer comes to tell Cooper off is funny, and the meet at the game also is light hearted, makes the film a little bit easier to digest.
Even the pair scoring a five, is a laugh out loud moment.
It's the directors best movie, and hopefully Cooper will gain better roles, as well as Lawrence, and please Mr De Nkro, don't work for the money, because you've proved yet again,you are one of the greatest actors alive.
A really great, highly original movie.