9 September 2012 9:12 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
We have acceptable levels of "crazy" in our society, and that in itself is kind of crazy. Some psychosis is cute and charming, while other acts of craziness demand hospitalization and medication. This distinction is obviously based on harm, both to others and to oneself. But there's a "healthy" level of crazy, and the search for that level is what makes David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook sharply comic and surprisingly sweet. O. Russell has once again returned to study the dysfunctional family, and while Silver Linings Playbook is softer than Flirting with Disaster and even The Fighter, it still has enough of an edge to deliver some great jokes, and strong performances to make the emotions ring true. Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper) has been released from a mental hospitalized, and into the care of his parents Dolores (Jacki Weaver) and Pat Sr. (Robert De Niro). Pat Jr. was »
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