“Silver Linings Playbook” is a film about a man, Pat Solantro Jr, who after losing his wife and his job for assaulting his wife’s lover, is sent to a mental institution. After completing his court ordered minimum stay of eight months, against medical advice, his mother discharges him. The conditions of his release require him to reside with his parents in their home in Philadelphia as well as attend mandatory therapy sessions. Upon returning home Pat learns that his father, who is obsessed with the Philadelphia Eagles, has lost his job and has resorted to becoming a bookie to make money. Through one of Pat’s therapy sessions we learn that during the eight months he was in the mental institution he was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. Although Pat has been prescribed medication to help with the treatment of his disorder, he refuses to take it because of the way the medication makes him feel. Pat feels that he can manage on his own through healthy living and looking for the “silver linings” in his life. By doing this Pat believes that he will ultimately be able to regain his job as a high school teacher but, most importantly, he will win back, the love of his life, his wife Nikki, who because of Pat’s arrest and institutionalization has since moved and obtained a restraining order. One night while having dinner with his best friend Ronnie, Pat meets Ronnie’s sister-in-law, Tiffany Maxwell, who is a widow, a recovering sex addict and has also just recently lost her job.
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.
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.
Just weeks after the happiest day of their lives, Richard and Mildred Loving, a newly wed couple, returned home in hopes of starting a new life, that they now had the joy of sharing with each other. In the middle of one night, they suddenly heard fists pounding at the door followed by loud, deep shouts that made their stomachs drop. They knew trouble had come. Policemen busting violently through the front door, the couple suddenly found themselves in handcuffs and thrown behind the bars of a prison cell. Released soon after, they are told to pack their things and leave the state for the next 25 years, forced to start their newly joined lives away from the place they call home. Richard and Mildred Loving, were arrested for violating the
Throughout the film we see Tiffany suffer the major features of a borderline personality disorder. In the film, when Tiffany feels hurt by comments that Pat would make she would drastically overreact to the comments by screaming or causing a major scene. For example, Pat and Tiffany went out to a small café to converse. Eventually their conversation begins to spiral downward as Pat insinuates Tiffany is crazy and that his reputation would be affected if people find out they are friends. Tiffany goes ballistic and begins hollering,
Pat is the main character in this film adaptation. The film takes the audience through Pat’s life and his denial and struggle with a mental illness. The movie starts with Pat leaving a mental rehabilitation center, for his mother got a signing from the court to bring Pat back home after eight months. It is later shown in this film, as to why Pat was committed into this hospital, for Pat had an outburst when he had found his wife having an affair and then was later diagnosed with Undiagnosed Bipolar Disorder. Although Pat is the one struggling with bipolar, his whole family is there riding along working against this, with there own issues a well. One particular scene, that was very well constructed, is where Pat has a Bipolar mania episode at three in the morning, searching for his wedding video. As a
In the opening scene of The Silver Linings Playbook (2012) the main character, Pat, was just being released from a court-ordered stay at a psychiatric hospital. After finding his wife cheating on him, with their wedding song playing in the background, Pat reacted by aggressively assaulting the other man. Unfortunately, because of this incident, Pat lost his job, his wife obtained a restraining order against him, and he was about to be sent to jail. However, rather going to jail, he took a plea bargain that sentenced him to eight months in a psychiatric hospital.
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
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
In the film Silver Linings Playbook (Russell, director, 2012), followed the character Pat Solatano after his release from a psychiatric hospital. Pat had, after he caught his wife with another man, beat that man severely. As part of a deal with the court, he was placed in a mental health facility for treatment and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. After his release, he was not concerned with his condition and was more preoccupied with his ex-wife, Nicki. Pat initially continued to struggle with his condition after his release and would not take his medication. However, in his attempts to reconnect with his ex-wife, he met Tiffany. The pair make a deal: Tiffany will give a letter to Nicki if he will compete in a dance competition with her. With this new focus, Pat gained a better control on his life and became more receptive to his treatments. Overall, Pat proved a compelling character in search for a silver lining.
Figurative language is a strategy that authors have used over the years to give the reader different perspectives on the piece that they are reading about. In her short Story, “The Lottery”, Shirley Jackson writes about a small town that has a tradition known as the lottery. The way that the lottery works, is that there is black box with pieces of paper in it. The pieces of paper have the family names of every family in town. The last name standing then has to go into an elimination round with the people within the family. Each family member draws out of the black box, and the family member that pulls the slip of paper with the black dot gets stoned to death. In her short story, Jackson utilizes symbolism in the form of Old Man Warren, the black box and the pile of stones to demonstrate how tradition can be blinding without even knowing it.
Silver Linings Playbook is shot through Pat’s perspective in the present as he navigates his life after he is released from a psychiatric rehab facility. Russell is able to tell the story of how Pat arrived at the point he is at through flashbacks triggered by his wedding song and through visits with his court appointed psychiatrist. The storyline bounces around from different aspects of Pat’s life; problems at home with his parents, his running back to Nikki and away from his new life, and dancing with Tiffany. The audience is whirled around following it all, as if they too are a part of the obsessive craziness that is overwhelming and raw in some moments and relaxed and comical in others. In these ways, the mental illness aspect of the film that has completely shaken up Pat’s life, is woven through for the audience to understand, but is still not a glaring idea that is hard for people to grasp or relate to.
Patrick Solitano Jr., better known as Pat, is a white male of about 35 years of age who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and is undergoing treatment. He was released from a mandatory hospitalization in a detention facility after eight months on the premise that he would continue taking medication, attend therapy, and comply with his restraining orders. He was also assigned a parole officer.
Stella-Rondo brings out jealousy in Sister that causes tension between them. Sister hates that Stella-Rondo married Mr. Whitaker since Sister supposedly had him first. She feels like Stella-Rondo broke them up by lying. Most likely, Sister is upset because she was not the one to end up with the guy she liked, but she displays her feelings childishly. Sister’s
Dolores has checked out her adult son from a court ordered mental health facility from beating his ex-wife lover almost to death in their home. Pat Jr., a young adult, was diagnosed with bipolar behavior and has been currently seeing a psychologist. Pat Sr. was not included in this decision Dolores made, which has made him feel excluded from any decision making process. Dolores has always been the one to be compassionate and supportive with both her son and husband’s behavior issues. Dolores appears to be the glue that holds the family together.
The film Silver Linings Playbook is a fantastic media source that could be used to deepen one’s knowledge of the intricacies and nuances of logos. There are numerous ways in which this is accomplished. This film is successful in portraying the following ideas/theories of communication: social comparison, symbolic interactionism, relational dialectics, cathartic scenes, and semiotics. These theories/ideas work together to convey the concept of communication and language as a whole. While these theories address separate meanings and intentions, they can be used in tandem to analyze every situation. This process is how one can make sense of the movie as a whole and thus understand language in a completely new way.