One-line review of Silver Linings Playbook:

[inverarity]

Yawn.



I only watched it for Jennifer Lawrence. And she did a fine acting job, though I'm not sure it was really worth an Oscar.

But this was a really dull movie with a really dull story with really good actors.

Comments

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Really? My mother and I enjoyed it a lot. It reminded me of my own struggles with mental illness---the midnight meltdown scene was hard to watch because I've done similar things (though less violently). I will admit that the individual scenes are stronger than the overarching plot.

Have you read the book? When I saw this post, I though it was going to be a review of that, and I got excited. I finished it recently, but the movie is a bit stronger---it meanders less, though the plot is altered to be more movie-ish.

[inverarity.livejournal.com]

Sorry - it just did nothing for me.

I actually was going to read the book, but the movie left me completely uninterested.