The Silver Linings Playbook

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After several weeks, Pat recovers from his injuries, and after receiving a letter, agrees to meet Tiffany. Pat explains that he asked his brother Jake to drive him to see Nikki, and observed her from afar, finally realizing she has a new family and is happy, and thus accepts it as the ending of the movie of his life. Tiffany gives Pat a cloud chart as a belated birthday present and they lie on the ground and watch the clouds together. Pat pulls Tiffany close and she tells him that she needs him. As they lie there on a frozen soccer field in the middle of a snowstorm, Pat kisses her and says, "I think I need you too." Jennifer Lawrence to Star in the Silver Linings Playbook". Zimbio.com. November 21, 2011. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013 . Retrieved October 23, 2011. Covert, Colin (November 20, 2012). " Silver Linings: Crazy in love with this rom-com". Star Tribune. StarTribune.com. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015 . Retrieved January 10, 2013.

Like the "likeability" concept. The damaged narrator herein is likeable because he's experienced trauma and is doing what he can to overcome it. Which is inspirational. And readers like inspirational books. A more ambitious novel might associate the narrator's trauma with the country's trauma post-9/11 (not the case in this one). And Pat’s struggles are exacerbated, because it seems like nobody understands him. And when it comes down to it, aside from a “crazy” girl in his neighborhood, most people don’t. He gets frustrated with all those chemicals within him that make him different from others. And he even knows he’s different and that his head’s a little skewed, but all those chemicals are so impossible to control. According to Entertainment Weekly, Lawrence said she didn't have a handle on Tiffany at first, which was what excited her about the role. "She was just a character I one-hundred percent did not understand at all... She's like, 'I'm messed up, I'm not like everybody else, I've got issues. Take it or leave it because I like myself. '" [36] Pulver, Andrew (February 25, 2013). "Jennifer Lawrence wins best actress Oscar for Silver Linings Playbook". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on February 17, 2020 . Retrieved February 25, 2013. The Eagles were what also connected Pat to his therapist Cliff. They maintained a professional and a personal relationship. Cliff was a fantastic therapist and he definitely helped Pat a lot.

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I was annoyed at the amount of secrets that Pat's family were keeping from him. They were constantly lying to him and giving each other weird looks, so I knew that things were worse that Pat thought. He'd been away for much longer that he thought, so there were a lot of things that his family were keeping hidden. I think Pat would have been able to deal with it all if they'd introduced it slowly instead of lying to him. But I do understand why they did it. If you have no interest in the latter, you may still appreciate this book, despite perhaps learning much more about the Eagles than you never wanted to know anyway! As this becomes a delightful, frustrating, sometimes (to a female) incomprehensible, irritating but wildly funny example of some of the frankly WEIRD ways in which chaps bond!. And if you adore American football, and even more if you are an E-A-G-L-E-S! EAGLES! Fan, delighting in making the shapes of the letters with your legs and arms when with your buddies watching at home, or being present at, a game, you will love this I found there to be some genuinely hysterical moments, but mostly felt this was a medium dark read. Anne Hathaway was cast as Tiffany Maxwell, but due to scheduling conflicts with The Dark Knight Rises and creative differences with Russell, she dropped out. [11] [30] [31] Other actresses who were considered for the part included Elizabeth Banks, Kirsten Dunst, Angelina Jolie, Blake Lively, Rooney Mara, Rachel McAdams, Andrea Riseborough and Olivia Wilde. [23] [27] [28] [32] [33] Jennifer Lawrence's turn as Tiffany awed me. From her expressions to her verbal intensity, she captured a woman teetering on the brink of a depressive edge, yet wanting desperately to be accepted and loved. So desperate, she was willing to lie to the man she loved at first sight in an attempt to pull him close to her. In the scene where she casually spews sports scores and facts before casually popping off the top of a Budweiser, she secured both feminine determination and fitting in as one of the guys to prove her point and left the room speechless. Bravo.

Roeper, Richard. " Silver Linings Playbook" (Video). RichardRoeper.com.com. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020 . Retrieved January 10, 2013. The locations are Upper Darby, Ridley Park, and Lansdowne communities just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although not mentioned by name in the film, Ridley Park is credited at the end, and a police officer can be seen wearing the initials "RPPD" on his collar. [24] Rainer, Peter (November 16, 2012). "Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence strike romantic sparks in Silver Linings Playbook (+video)". Christian Science Monitor. CSMonitor.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2016 . Retrieved January 10, 2013.Anyway, The Silver Linings Playbook is an engaging, poignant novel that touched a lot of things: mental health, silver linings (obviously), brotherhood, parentage, lies, friendship, love, betterment of oneself, etc. It also touched my heart, my soul, my kidney, my liver, my pancreas and ten of my vital organs lol. (Here's me doing my best to give justice on why this book is worth a read.) See, I can't articulate the right words. Hahaha. Robbie Collin (November 22, 2012). " Silver Linings Playbook, review". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on August 11, 2019 . Retrieved April 3, 2018.

Traumatic events for the narrator and Tiffany were withheld to the end but their revelation was spoiled for me thanks to the movie. I'm not sure how I would've responded to the scenes at the end if I didn't already know them. They explain a lot but also it seems like the narrator would've had a history of violence or at least a few more episodes. Anyway, the traumatic events could've been revealed in the first scenes as a gripping opener but then the reader wouldn't be disoriented along with the narrator and the revelation of the major withheld plot point wouldn't be cathartic for the narrator and possibly satisfying for a reader. It was announced on October 5, 2021 that the movie will be developed into a stage musical for Broadway. Pat approaches Nikki and whispers into her ear. When Tiffany sees this she runs off, so Pat leaves Nikki and chases her. He hands her a letter, in which he admits to knowing she forged the letter. He confesses that he loved her from the moment he met her, though it took him a long time to realize it. They share a kiss. Patrizio opens a restaurant with the money he has won, and Pat and Tiffany begin a relationship, no longer wearing their wedding rings. Perez, Rodrigo (December 20, 2012). "David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook Hits 700 Screens Starting Christmas Day". Indiewire. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015 . Retrieved December 21, 2012. My favorite part of this book is the dance. An interpretative dance of Total Eclipse of the Heart. Oh, gods. The feels. When I'm reading this part, I swear it was breath-taking and flawless and mesmerizing that I've become emotional and feel things beyond my comprehension.Official UK Top 100 Singles". Official Charts Company. December 1, 2012. Archived from the original on October 28, 2018 . Retrieved November 28, 2012. In his life he has : a loving mother, a great and supportive and successful brother, a best friend, whose wife has a sister with mental health issues of her own, the kindest and in some ways most unprofessional of therapists, another great friendship with a fellow inmate in that `neural health facility'. He also probably has Asperger's - at least, this is what accounts for his voice, which sounds not cold, but without emotional nuance and subtlety. Pat, despite being prone to a violence he barely understands when he hears smooth jazz music, particularly a specific piece of music played by Kenny G, is a `good person' with a warm and open heart. He is actively working on `being kind'. He also has an extremely dysfunctional father, who is deeply depressed and emotionally cold.

Chip (IE: Pat Peoples): [being spanked as part of Omega's initiation] Thank you, sir! May I have another?.... Bond with readers via quirky terminology. The narrator has language and behavior quirks that at first don't make much sense but over time serve as a bond between narrator and reader, like "the bad place" referring to the mental institution and "apart time" referring to the split with his wife -- also his hysterical aggressive response to the musical stylings of Kenny G. Ray Subers (February 18, 2013). "Weekend Report: 'Die Hard' Narrowly Wins Presidents Day Weekend - Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on October 26, 2018 . Retrieved April 17, 2020. Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph wrote that there's a "tiring fruitlessness to the mayhem", describing the lead character as a "rambling headcase", though noting Lawrence as the film's "only 'silver lining'". [70] The Globe and Mail 's chief film critic, Liam Lacey, gave 3 out of four stars, but wrote "you can easily see Silver Linings Playbook as a better-acted version of any number of Sundance-style films about quirky outsiders who find a common bond." [71] Ray Subers (January 21, 2013). "Weekend Report: 'Mama' Haunts First Place Over MLK Weekend". Archived from the original on October 26, 2018 . Retrieved April 17, 2020.We also have a therapist that acts in an unethical, immoral, and haphazard manner. This is dangerous in a climate that isolates those who seek out therapists, and in a dangerous time in history where mental health awareness is paramount to a functioning society. There is some serious misguided bullshit here. I totally understood so many of his thought patterns. Looking for answers in the clouds and wishing for the unattainable. And his unshakeable belief in "silver linings". I say yes! There's no point in existing otherwise. Klein, Michael (October 23, 2011). "Bollywood star steps out at Tashan". Philly.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 . Retrieved October 23, 2011.