a Philadelphia story

Rating: 10/10 (24 March 2013)

Knowing Philly and having lived there I got an immediate satisfaction from the familiar atmosphere and settings, right down to De Niro's character planning on opening a cheese-steak restaurant!
Aside from this personal note, I loved Silver Linings Playbook, it seems very much a companion piece to The Fighter in structure and tone (if you can look beyond the difference in genre: sport movie and romantic comedy/musical comedy).
It's funny, upsetting, honest and romantic. The actors are adorable, the whole story takes you in and has you rooting for the characters in a very down-to-earth way.
We are all vulnerable little beings with breakable hearts and this is one from the heart. Thank you for the contagious optimism and hope to everyone who made this film.