Walking the same tonal tightrope as he did in his turn-of-the-century gulf war movie Three Kings and his award winning boxing film The Fighter, director David O. Russell turns in a boisterously off-kilter crowd-pleaser about family, infidelity, mental illness and football in Silver Linings Playbook. Based on a novel by Matthew Quick, the film stars Bradley Cooper (The Hangover) as a high-school teacher recently released from a psychiatric hospital, and Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games) as a damaged young woman with whom he forms a connection. A volatile mix of familial drama and madcap comedy, infectious optimism and razor-wire wit, it’s one of the most purely enjoyable films released in the past twelve months, and a highlight in the careers of everyone involved.
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