Well acted with good dialog, storyline degrades to standard Hollywood fare

Rating: 6/10 (2 May 2013)

I started out liking this film quite a lot; it was quirky with great acting by Cooper and Lawrence and nice support work by all of the other players. I doubt though that it portrayed the bi-polar disease very well at all but that wouldn't have fit into the 'black comedy' flavor of the movie.
Then, the storyline weakened to standard Hollywood fare with the DeNiro Eagle's fan sidebar -- which I liked up to this point -- taken to an extreme with the betting angle, along with Cooper and Lawrence getting involved in the dance contest along with the other Pros, and being able to get above a five score, to win the betting Parlay. C'Mon.
The happy ending with them worked though.
The storyline weakening ruined the film for me; they should have kept it as a "small" film, where maybe not as much 'happens' as in the "bigger" movies.
But I still enjoyed the acting and dialog.