Silver Linings Playbook
Silver Linings Playbook is a 2012 American romantic comedy-drama written and directed by David O. Russell. The film is based on Matthew Quick's 2008 novel The Silver Linings Playbook. It stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, with Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, John Ortiz, Shea Whigham, Anupam Kher and Julia Stiles in supporting roles. The film is set in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. Cooper plays Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr., a man with bipolar disorder who is released from a psychiatric hospital and moves back in with his parents (De Niro and Weaver). Pat is determined to win back his estranged wife. He meets a young widow, Tiffany Maxwell (Lawrence), who offers to help him get his wife back if he enters a dance competition with her. The two become closer as they train, and Pat, his father, and Tiffany examine their relationships with each other as they cope with their situations. Silver Linings Playbook premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2012, and was released in the United States on November 16, 2012. The film opened to critical acclaim, with praise for Russell's direction, and the performances of Cooper, and Lawrence. It grossed $236.4 million worldwide. A recipient of several accolades, it received eight nominations at the 85th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay, with Lawrence winning the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Why did you have this urgency to see your wedding video? Because I'm married, I haven't seen my wife. Maybe you think Nikki's not around and Tiffany's an attractive girl. Get drawn towards Tiffany, you'll spoil your chances of getting Nikki back? Not bad, Dr Jones. I don't think I'm gonna blow it with Nikki because Tiffany's a slut. - Why is she a slut? - After the dinner, she said, quote, "We can go to the back house and you can fuck me "as long as we turn the lights out," unquote. And she still wears her wedding ring. So she's a loyal, married-to-a-dead-guy slut. Maybe she needs a friend and she thought if she offers you sex, it will be easier for you to become friends with her. She said she's not a whore anymore, but she likes that part of herself along with all the other parts of herself, and can I say the same? Can you?
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With all my crazy sad shit? Are you nuts? Pat, the silver lining thing is yours. I'm just giving back your words to you. This crazy sad shit, as you call it, made you a happier, calmer person with a beautiful, positive philosophy of going outdoors, working out - and reading books. - No. No, not the books. You said Nikki is friends with Ronnie, Veronica, Tiffany. If you become friends with Tiffany, Nikki will think you're a kind, generous, large-hearted person who helps people in need, who is basically thriving. So if you help Tiffany, it will be good for you.
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