Silver Linings Playbook

The movie ‘Silver Linings Playbook’, filmed in 2012 and directed by David O. Russel, follows the life story of Pat Solitano, a former teacher who is released from a mental insituation and places significant importance on his getting his life back togther. Over the film’s course, it becomes apparent that Pat suffers from Bipolar Disorder.

Danny attempts to impress Sandy by jumping over hurdles but he trips and falls, but Sandy runs to his aide to check to see if Danny is ok. He asks her about having a date for the “big dance” but she states “No”. At this point Danny takes the opportunity to ask her to go with him and she accepts, but states that she did not appreciate the way he treated her the other night. They decide to go to the local restaurant, but before they go in Danny states that he does not want to go in because he does not want people to bother them. And so he says that he would rather go to a place where they could have some privacy. Before they have a chance to leave friends see Danny and Sandy outside and they come out to see them. Sandy asks he Danny would like to come and have tea with her and her family, but Danny replies he don’t like tea. And moments later the two of them leave. The two go to the dance together and are getting along great, until one of Danny’s ex-girlfriend’s arrives with one of his buddies. Sandy asks how he knows this girl and he states it’s “a friend of the family.” Next, Sandy is whisked away from Danny and this ex-girlfriend begins to dance with him. Sandy being visually upset runs out of the gym and leaves. Danny realizing what has happened but continues to dance.

Her first appearance in the film takes place at her sister’s home. She is wearing all black and as her sister gives a tour of her new house, Tiffany feels the need to add cynical jokes after each new entity that is presented. This can be interpreted as Tiffany being both depressed and pessimistic. During dinner, Tiffany abruptly stands up and asks Pat Jr. to walk her home. As they arrive to their destination, Tiffany lets Pat know that she is interested in having sexual intercourse. Patrick refuses the sex and is shocked when Tiffany reacts by crying hysterically. Following the episode of tears, she stands up tall, slaps Pat across the face and storms inside leaving him extremely confused. This sequence of actions proves that Tiffany suffers from intense mood swings, acts on impulse and has no regard on whether or not she could have seriously injured

Though the film itself strays from a typical romantic comedy, the structure of Silver Linings Playbook does not. Romantic comedies usually center on a single person’s development through the assistance of their soon-to-be partner. The theme is stated within the first ten minutes; in this case, it

One day Mary Lee, Madrigal, and their friends went skiing, Madrigal was dressed up nicely, and Mary Lee was wearing an all blue hideous ski suit. Madrigal thought it was a good idea to change ski suits with Mary Lee and pretend to be each other. Their friends couldn't recognize which one was Mary Lee or Madrigal. Mary Lee (as Madrigal) was loved by the students, and Madrigal (as Mary Lee) was alone in the ski lift, until an accident happens. The lift breaks and Madrigal falls to her death, but because of the outfit, the students think it's Mary Lee. Mary Lee tries to tell everyone who she really is, but they think she's just in shock, even her parents, so she pretends to be her sister because she had a better life. In school, Mary Lee realizes that her sister didn’t have the great life she thought she had. Student's were afraid of her, even her friends Scarlett and Van, because they thought she was Madrigal, so she ends up spending her time with her sister's boyfriend, John Pear. John Pear planned on taking Mary Lee somewhere that night, on the way to the place, they picked up a girl named Katy. When they arrived Mary Lee noticed that the neighborhood was

Dimple’s parents begin to bring up a boy who may be suitable for Dimple and plans for them to go on a date. Dimple is stunned at how traditional her parents’ attitude is about dating. She is stunned because in the Indian culture they do not date. Their marriages are arranged. In the end Dimple agrees to the date. The boy’s name is Karsh Kapoor and he is three years her senior and attends college. He appears to be dull to Dimple. They can’t find topics to talk about and do not seem to have any common likes. The next day, Gwen and Dimple go to a club to meet up with some friends and dance. While there Dimple sees Karsh and they speak. Dimple notices that Karsh is not as boring as she thought. They begin talking and laughing freely. Dimple starts to grow feelings for Karsh. Gwen then walks up to Karsh and talks to him also, confessing that Dimple thought he was a loser. Afterwards, Karsh and Gwen begin dating and Dimple realizes that she is falling more and more in love with Karsh. Dimple confesses her feelings to Gwen about Karsh. Gwen is upset because she feels that Dimple can never be happy for her. As a result, conflict arises because Dimple does not know what she wants because she is unclear about who she really

Once the half-term holidays have ended, a new girl, Lauren arrives to the school and all the boys, including Joe, have their eyes on her. Soon Joe and Lauren become best friends. Until Joe comes home one day and finds out that his Dad is holding a massive party. This only upsets him a little, due to his father not spending any time with him. Sapphire then shares that she had seen Lauren on TV before. Soon enough Joe found out that his father had decided to pay Lauren, in order for he to befriend Joe. Joe then decides to run away from home.

The client is already aware of his condition and wants to get better for his wife Nikki. He hates his illness and wants to control it but refuses to continue taking his medication. Pat states that the medication makes him feel foggy.

The film I chose to analyze is Silver Linings Playbook because I was interested in the story when I read the synopsis of the movie. I thought that this would be a simple movie where the main characters would help each other because they had something in common. Reading the synopsis, I also thought that Pat would be back together with his wife, but at the end he found another love. In the next paragraphs I will show my knowledge on what I have learned this semester. On my analysis of Silver Linings, I will give examples that has the concept of language, nonverbal communication, listening, emotions, conflict, and close relationships.

Throughout life, an individual undergoes many changes that can take a toll on him or her, eventually resulting in mental illnesses. It mostly depends on how the individual will face the challenges that are thrown at them. The award winning novel, Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick approaches many mental illnesses during the book such as depression, OCD, but primarily an illness called bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression disorder. According to the Mayo Clinic, a bipolar disorder is a mental illness marked by alternating periods of elation and depression, experiencing extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (Mayo Clinic Staff par. 1). During the course of the book, this disorder is vividly shown in the main character,

I chose to do my analysis on the character Pat Solitano, from the movie Silver Lining Playbook. This movie is a romantic comedy that takes place in Philadelphia. This movie is about a middle-aged man who has lost everything, his job, his wife, and his house. He has spent the last eight months in a mental institution, and has recently been released to his parents. Upon entry to the mental institution Pat almost beat his wife’s lover to death. So, throughout the entire movie pat is trying to win the affection of his wife back, by trying to better himself, and show her that he has his anger under control. This is difficult because Pat’s wife has placed a restraining order on him, so he can have no actual contact with her. So, she has no

At dinner with his friends, Pat meets Veronica 's sister Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence). It’s evident that sparks fly between Pat and Tiffany and she tries to connect with him but Pat’s only focus is getting back together with Nikki. Tiffany tries to get closer to Pat and even offers to deliver a letter to Nikki, but only if he will be her dance partner in an upcoming dance competition. He agrees to this as he believes the competition will be a good way to show Nikki that he has changed. The two begin a rigorous practice regimen over the following weeks.

and Nikki can fix things between the two of them. Tiffany is heartbroken since she was hoping to be with Pat Jr. After the competition Pat Jr. goes to talk with Nikki. Tiffany storms off thinking that Pat will try and fix things with Nikki and be with her. After Pat speaks with Nikki he chases after Tiffany and tells her that he wants to be with her and not Nikki. The movie first ends with Pat Jr. reflecting back on the recent events and saying that he is happy again. Then he and Nikki spending time together with Pat’s family and friends getting ready to watch another Eagle’s game.

Silver Linings Playbook is a story about two love birds who find each other. In psychological terms, Pat is suffering from bipolar, while Tiffany has been struggling with depression due to the death of her husband.The film, moreover,

The 2012 movie “Silver Linings Playbook” is a drama-romantic comedy written and directed by David O. Russell and among others, stars Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, and Robert De Niro. The film received eight academy award nominations, was nominated in all four Oscar categories, and does a fairly accurate job of portraying an individual with a bipolar disorder, who was just released into the care of his parents, and his segue back into his family and social life after eight months of clinical treatment in a mental health facility.