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此文档收集于网络，如有侵权，请联系网站删除1). His son Pat Jr., a former high school teacher, is certifiably nuts he has a four-year stay in an asylum to prove it, for assaulting a fellow teacher whom he found screwing Pats wife Nikki in the shower and, on his release, believes he can reconcile with Nikki if he just shapes up and stays positive. This is a long shot, like the Eagles winning the Super Bowlever. (They got there twice, in 1981 and 2005; lost both times.) Pat Jr. should pay more attention to the young woman, Tiffany, who has acquired a reputation as an easy lay in her depression after her policeman husband died. Tiffany would be a perfect addition to the Solitano family. (READ: Corliss onChris Tucker in theRush Hourmovies)The performances of these actors are reason enough to go. The reason to stay is Lawrence. Just 21 when the movie was shot, Lawrence is that rare young actress who plays, whois, grown-up. Sullen and sultry, she lends a mature intelligence to any role, whether as the one sane person inWinters Boneor as Raven (Mystique) inX-Men: First Class. Her Tiffany at first seems more dangerous than Pat Jr.; she stalks him on his morning jogs and says of herself, “Im just the crazy slut with the dead husband.” But Tiffany has the ability to thaw slowly, without renouncing her principles or her gravity and, by luring Pat Jr. into that ridiculous dance contest, to give his life a purpose, other than his daft scheme of reconciling with Nikki. She is clearly Pat Jr.s salvation, just as Jennifer Lawrence is the silver lining is this mostly ordinary playbook.2)The Silver Linings Playbookis the riotous and poignant story of how one man regains his memory and comes to terms with the magnitude of his wifes betrayal.During the years he spends in a neural health facility, Pat Peoples formulates a theory about silver linings: he believes his life is a movie produced by God, his mission is to become physically fit and emotionally supportive, and his happy ending will be the return of his estranged wife, Nikki. When Pat goes to live with his parents, everything seems changed: no one will talk to him about Nikki; his old friends are saddled with families; the Philadelphia Eagles keep losing, making his father moody; and his new therapist seems to be recommending adultery as a form of therapy.When Pat meets the tragically widowed and clinically depressed Tiffany, she offers to act as a liaison between him and his wife, if only he will give up watching football, agree to perform in this years Dance Away Depression competition, and promise not to tell anyone about their “contract.” All the while, Pat keeps searching for his silver lining.In this brilliantly written debut novel, Matthew Quick takes us inside Pats mind, deftly showing us the world from his distorted yet endearing perspective. The result is a touching and funny story that helps us look at both depression and love in a wonderfully refreshing way.3)Cooper plays Patrick Pat Solitano, a man withbipolar disorderwho is released from a psychiatric hospital and moves back in with his parents (De Niro and Weaver). Determined to win back his estranged wife, Pat meets recently-widowed Tiffany Maxwell (Lawrence). She tells Pat that she will help him get his wife back if he enters a dance competition with her. The two become closer as they train and Pat, his father, and Tiffany examine their relationships with each other as they cope with their disorders.Pat soon learns that his wife, Nikki, has moved away and his father is out of work and resorting toillegal bookmakingto earn money to start a restaurant. Pat is determined to get his life back on track and reconcile with Nikki, who obtained a restraining order against him after the violent episode that sent him away.While talking to his court-mandated therapist Dr. Patel (Anupam Kher), Pat explains again why he was hospitalized. Coming home early from his high school teaching job, noticing clothes thrown on the floor and his wedding songStevie Wonders My Cherie Amourplaying, he had found Nikki in the shower, with another man. Enraged, he beat the man nearly to death. Despite this, Pat doesnt believe he needs medication to manage his condition.At dinner with his friend Ronnie (John Ortiz), he meets Ronnies sister-in-law, Tiffany Maxwell (Jennifer Lawrence), a sex addict and recent widow who also just lost her job. Pat and Tiffany develop an odd friendship through their sharedneuroses, and he sees an opportunity to communicate with Nikki through her. Tiffany offers to deliver a letter to Nikki, if in return he will be her partner in an upcoming dance competition. He reluctantly agrees and the two begin a rigorous practice regimen over the following weeks. Pat believes the competition will be a good way to show Nikki he has changed and become a better man. Tiffany gives Pat a typed reply from Nikki, in which she cautiously hints there may be a chance for a reconciliation between them.Things go well for Pat until his father asks him to attend aPhiladelphia Eaglesgame he has bet virtually all of his money on, as a good-luck charm. Pat skips practice with Tiffany to attend the game, but is dragged into a fight with racist thugs attacking his psychiatrist and brother, and is hauled away by police. The Eagles lose the game and Pat Sr. is furious. Tiffany arrives, berates Pat, and points out that the way she reads the signs, the Eagles do better when she and Pat are together, as they won every game they played on occasions when Pat and Tiffany spent time together. Pat Sr., now convinced that Pat being with Tiffany is actually good luck, makes aparlaywith his gambling friend that if the Eagles win their game against theDallas Cowboys,andif Pat and Tiffany score at least a 5 out of 10 in their dance competition, he will win back all the money he lost on the first bet. Pat is reluctant to participate in the dance contest under those conditions; however, Tiffany and Pats father decide to persuade Pat by lying to him to say Nikki will be there. In the meantime, Pat, who has isolated himself from everyone, begins to read the letter from Nikki again and notices that the phrase Tiffany had used earlierme reading the signsappears in the letter.Pat, Tiffany, and everyone else arrive at the competition on the night of the football game. Tiffany is horrified to discover that Nikki is in the audience. Pat finds Tiffany, who has been drinking with a man who was trying to pick her up, and manages to coax her onto the dance floor, where they perform their routine. Before they dance, the Eagles win their game and at the conclusion of their set, they score exactly 5 points.Pat and Tiffany