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In 2008, Pat Solitano Jr. (Bradley Cooper) returns to his family after 8 months of treatment in a psychiatric hospital for bipolar disorder. While there, Pat becomes friends with another patient named Danny (Chris Tucker), a patient who is constantly arguing with the hospital about returning him to a normal life. Pat quickly realizes that his ex-wife Nikki (Brea Bee) has left and his father (Robert De Niro) is unemployed and has to bet on football to have money to open a small restaurant. Pat decides to return to his old life by reconciling with Nikki, who has a court restraining order against Pat after a period of violence that led him to manslaughter.
While being treated with Dr. Patel (Anupam Kher), he recounted what made him go to the mental hospital: one time when he came home early, he saw Nikki flirting with someone else. Because he was so angry, he beat the other man almost to death. Therefore, he believes that he does not need medication for mental treatment.
During a dinner at his best friend Ronnie's (John Ortiz) house, he met Ronnie's sister-in-law, Tiffany Maxwell (Jennifer Lawrence), who, although young, had become a widow and had just been fired from her job. The friendship between Pat and Tiffany is getting better and better, partly because Tiffany promised to help him contact Nikki. Tiffany asked Pat to practice dancing with her, in return she would deliver the letter he wrote to Nikki. He agrees and the two begin their training, sometimes with the help of Danny, who is eventually released from the mental hospital. Pat believes that the dance competition will be a rare opportunity for him to prove to Nikki that he has returned to being a good man. Tiffany sent a response letter from Nikki in which she denied mediation.
Everything was going well until his father asked Pat to go watch a Philadelphia Eagles football game, which he had bet a huge amount of money on, with the superstition that he was a "lucky charm". Pat also practiced with Tiffany that day, but got into a fight with a group of racists before the game and was arrested by the police. The Eagles lost the game, and Pat became angry. Tiffany arrives, scolds him and insists on "paying attention to the signs" when the Eagles actually win on the days she and Pat are together. Pat was convinced that Tiffany was a blessing, but so he decided to make a huge double bet: he bet all his assets and would win against his best friend if the Eagles won against Dallas, at the same time. Pat and Tiffany earned at least 5.0/10 points in the dance competition. Pat became hesitant to enter the dance competition under these conditions; but Dad Pat and Tiffany convinced him by lying that Nikki was coming. Song Pat distanced herself from the conversation, re-read Nikki's reply and discovered the sentence "pay attention to the signs" that Tiffany had just mentioned.
Director: David O. Russell
Producer: Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen, Jonathan Gordon
Screenplay: David O. Russell
Based on: The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Anupam Kher, John Ortiz, Chris Tucker
Duration: 122 minutes
Year of manufacture: 2012
Country: United States