The Philadelphia InquirerA head-spinning wonder of a movie about love and pain, reclamation and the totemic power of a National Football League franc...
Chicago TribuneI say good for Russell for risking a protagonist who requires some patience and forgiveness.
Los Angeles TimesIt's clever and cute and never lets you forget it, winning in spite of how much it insists on it.
The New York Times Silver Linings Playbook, the exuberant new movie from David O. Russell, does almost everything right.
The Boston GlobeNo matter how grim it's looking for certain kinds of laughter, as long as there's David O. Russell, things will be OK.
Wall Street JournalEverything comes together brilliantly in Silver Linings Playbook-for the film's crazed but uncrazy lovers; for the filmmaker...
Los Angeles TimesDramatic, emotional, even heartbreaking, as well as wickedly funny, it has the gift of going its own way, a complete success...
USA TodaySilver Linings is consistently entertaining, with its scrappy, well-drawn characters, offbeat humor and indefatigable positi...
San Francisco ChronicleIt's a strain to care about Pat, and it's impossible to believe in his world.
New York MagazineIt's Lawrence who knocked me sideways. I loved her in Winter's Bone and The Hunger Games but she's very young - I didn't thi...
SlateIt's lopsided and spotty, but it's alive in a way that suddenly makes you remember to what degree most Hollywood movies aren...
Rolling StoneTinged with shadows and ignited by Lawrence and Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook raises the bar on romantic comedy. It's craz...
Richard RoeperJust about everybody in the cast of David O. Russell's strange and disturbing and deeply romantic new film has the chance to...
Total FilmRussell follows The Fighter with a softer, soapier family dysfunction drama, lightly comic enough to make for palatable Frid...
TelegraphSilver Linings Playbook, starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, has enough corn, contrivance and cheap sentiment to ...
The GuardianIt may be more rom and less com, but David O Russell's quirky film about mental illness is surefooted and amusing
FirstShowingSilver Linings Playbook is moving, funny and definitely one of the best films of the year.
New York MagazineRussell directs the movie almost as if Pat were behind the camera; the visual rhythms are manic and short-fused. In every ot...
Chicago Sun-TimesPat is curiously confident and upbeat for a man just released from a mental hospital and under a restraining order from his ...
Entertainment WeeklyFamily nuttiness, football madness, romantic obsession, and certifiable mental illness coexist happily in Silver Linings Pla...
ReelViewsSilver Linings Playbook is a quirky adult romantic comedy that goes beyond the standard rhythms of the genre. Although this ...
Film School RejectsA moving story grounded in enough real moments and humor to keep it from feeling too heavy, memorable performances from both...
Hollywood ReporterBradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence expand their range in David O. Russell's winning comedy romance about two people strugg...
JobloSuffice to say, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK is one you'll all be hearing plenty about in the months to come. It's a crowd-please...
Black Sheep ReviewsThis talented cast elevates the material but never to the point where it breaks free of its more conventional trappings.
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Partial Film Information
Director: David O. Russell
Writer: David O. Russell
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro
Release: November 21, 2012
Writer: David O. Russell
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro
Release: November 21, 2012
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