By Zach Geibler
The king of dysfunctional families is portrayed in David O. Russell's adaptation of the Michael Quick's debut novel of the same name. This bad boy was received well by critics, and received eight Academy Award nominations including in all four major actor categories. Albeit it only got to celebrate one win, there is no doubt that the movie seemed to have an effect on people. Was it the same for me?
The movie follows Pat (Bradley Cooper) who has a stint in a Baltimore mental hospital after catching his wife cheating and nearly beating her suitor (his colleague at work) to death. He is then diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, with mood swings and distorted thoughts. His mom takes him out of the mental hospital and home to the suburbs of Philadelphia. Pat quickly settles into his Excelsior goal of reuniting with his wife Nikki, by exercising( a dream and complaint of his wife) and reading her English class books. Pat spends days running around, in therapy or rioting about a book he read. His father (Robert DeNiro) is concerned about the mental health of his son, but also afraid to confront it through any other means besides football (He is a die hard Eagles fan and bookkeeper) He soon meets up with Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence) whom he sees as a crazy person, though in reality is not so much different than he. She is a young widowed wife of a cop, who has recently They build an odd relationship off goals of acceptance and dancing. They story escalates through each characters faults, but you will have to see that for yourself.
The acting is superb in this one (in my humble opinion). Lead actor Bradley Cooper signs in his most diverse and layered roll since Limitless, portraying many traits of a mentally disturbed patient, with flashbacks, freak outs, connections to music, and movement with hands."He says "More inappropriate things than appropriate things, and his filter his long gone down the gutter. His eyes show how lost he truly is, yet he holds a determined and eager attitude. His character is a complete contradiction of itself. Jennifer Lawrence, in a year where her big role was to play superwoman literature character Katniss Everdeen from "The Hunger Games", made people have short memories as she acts her heart out as a disturbed and confused young woman, who transfers her anger and love from her dead husband into sex and other odd happenings. Through Bradley she regains confidence and happiness withe herself, and in return gets respect and love back (somewhat). She was awarded the Best Actress Oscar of 2012, and in my opinion she deserved it. Paralleling and Pushing all aspects of costar Bradley Coopers character. They work very well together, and make each other sign, allowing for awkward but smart dialogue and strange relationship bonds.
I very much enjoyed the directors set build up. It was a residential area (Yes filmed allaround where I live, I am biased of the homey feeling) with close but unique houses, and nice happy towns, all connected through alleys and streets. Everyone seems to know each other. The house were also designed well, and the choices of the director were interesting, panning in on details such as running and following (A constant in the movie), remote controls(OCD Dad), books falling off the bed ( forgetting about wife Nikki much?), Letters to whom saying what, obscure connections (Dancing that Cooper liked in Hemingway books, his dancing later). Everyone tries to bounce there faults onto other people, even lower character such as Cooper brother, their pretend to be ignorant mother, greedy friends, and friends in troubled marriages. Everything comes full circle in the move, most things are explained and resolved. The dialogue is witty, funny consistently but filled with double meanings of negativity, depression and shortcomings or disbeliefs. Everything is a double meaning, a silver lining or a trip to hell and back.
The scene in the movie that really brought it home to me was Coopers desperate search for his wedding video right after feeling tempted by newly met Tiffany, he rummages, wakes parents up, yells, cries, hits, has flashbacks hit his mother by accident, rumbles with his dad, and deals with the police and wakened neighbors who are trying to film him (just as many problems as the protagonist family). All to the sweet music of Led Zeppelin's "What is and What Should Never Be." Well Written, Well Designed, Well Choreographed, and definitely Well Acted by possibly my favorite ensemble cast of the years (Your fighting against Les Mis Here!)
The movie message comes down to this, Everyone has some crazy and no one wants to dwell on it, but when working together to help or achieve goals and greatness, its is best to let yourself go, and role with what you have instead of trying to deny the craziness.
PS: Jennifer Lawrence is teaming right back up with director David O. Russell, lets see what happens.
PPS: I've watched this three times, I just have to sow it to people to see there reactions for some reason!
PPPS: Fun Fact, All of the scores of Eagles and Phillies games are accurate and true (2008 World Champ Phils, will we ever get it back?)
What did you think of this movie? I want to hear other arguments!
I give it a:
4.5 out of 5 stars
9 out of 10 stars (IMDb)
The king of dysfunctional families is portrayed in David O. Russell's adaptation of the Michael Quick's debut novel of the same name. This bad boy was received well by critics, and received eight Academy Award nominations including in all four major actor categories. Albeit it only got to celebrate one win, there is no doubt that the movie seemed to have an effect on people. Was it the same for me?
The movie follows Pat (Bradley Cooper) who has a stint in a Baltimore mental hospital after catching his wife cheating and nearly beating her suitor (his colleague at work) to death. He is then diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, with mood swings and distorted thoughts. His mom takes him out of the mental hospital and home to the suburbs of Philadelphia. Pat quickly settles into his Excelsior goal of reuniting with his wife Nikki, by exercising( a dream and complaint of his wife) and reading her English class books. Pat spends days running around, in therapy or rioting about a book he read. His father (Robert DeNiro) is concerned about the mental health of his son, but also afraid to confront it through any other means besides football (He is a die hard Eagles fan and bookkeeper) He soon meets up with Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence) whom he sees as a crazy person, though in reality is not so much different than he. She is a young widowed wife of a cop, who has recently They build an odd relationship off goals of acceptance and dancing. They story escalates through each characters faults, but you will have to see that for yourself.
The acting is superb in this one (in my humble opinion). Lead actor Bradley Cooper signs in his most diverse and layered roll since Limitless, portraying many traits of a mentally disturbed patient, with flashbacks, freak outs, connections to music, and movement with hands."He says "More inappropriate things than appropriate things, and his filter his long gone down the gutter. His eyes show how lost he truly is, yet he holds a determined and eager attitude. His character is a complete contradiction of itself. Jennifer Lawrence, in a year where her big role was to play superwoman literature character Katniss Everdeen from "The Hunger Games", made people have short memories as she acts her heart out as a disturbed and confused young woman, who transfers her anger and love from her dead husband into sex and other odd happenings. Through Bradley she regains confidence and happiness withe herself, and in return gets respect and love back (somewhat). She was awarded the Best Actress Oscar of 2012, and in my opinion she deserved it. Paralleling and Pushing all aspects of costar Bradley Coopers character. They work very well together, and make each other sign, allowing for awkward but smart dialogue and strange relationship bonds.
I very much enjoyed the directors set build up. It was a residential area (Yes filmed allaround where I live, I am biased of the homey feeling) with close but unique houses, and nice happy towns, all connected through alleys and streets. Everyone seems to know each other. The house were also designed well, and the choices of the director were interesting, panning in on details such as running and following (A constant in the movie), remote controls(OCD Dad), books falling off the bed ( forgetting about wife Nikki much?), Letters to whom saying what, obscure connections (Dancing that Cooper liked in Hemingway books, his dancing later). Everyone tries to bounce there faults onto other people, even lower character such as Cooper brother, their pretend to be ignorant mother, greedy friends, and friends in troubled marriages. Everything comes full circle in the move, most things are explained and resolved. The dialogue is witty, funny consistently but filled with double meanings of negativity, depression and shortcomings or disbeliefs. Everything is a double meaning, a silver lining or a trip to hell and back.
The scene in the movie that really brought it home to me was Coopers desperate search for his wedding video right after feeling tempted by newly met Tiffany, he rummages, wakes parents up, yells, cries, hits, has flashbacks hit his mother by accident, rumbles with his dad, and deals with the police and wakened neighbors who are trying to film him (just as many problems as the protagonist family). All to the sweet music of Led Zeppelin's "What is and What Should Never Be." Well Written, Well Designed, Well Choreographed, and definitely Well Acted by possibly my favorite ensemble cast of the years (Your fighting against Les Mis Here!)
The movie message comes down to this, Everyone has some crazy and no one wants to dwell on it, but when working together to help or achieve goals and greatness, its is best to let yourself go, and role with what you have instead of trying to deny the craziness.
PS: Jennifer Lawrence is teaming right back up with director David O. Russell, lets see what happens.
PPS: I've watched this three times, I just have to sow it to people to see there reactions for some reason!
PPPS: Fun Fact, All of the scores of Eagles and Phillies games are accurate and true (2008 World Champ Phils, will we ever get it back?)
What did you think of this movie? I want to hear other arguments!
I give it a:
4.5 out of 5 stars
9 out of 10 stars (IMDb)
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