First Look at The Silver Linings Playbook with Bradley Cooper!
The Silver Linings Playbook, is director David O. Russell’s followup to last year’s Oscar nominated hit, The Fighter. Based on a novel by Matthew Quick, it’s about a man (Bradley Cooper) who has just been released from a mental institution after four years. He moves back in with his mother (Animal Kingdom’s Jacki Weaver) and sets out to win back his ex-wife (Julia Stiles).
The official synopsis: “Pat Peoples (Cooper) is a man always trying to look on the bright side of life – the title of the story takes it’s name from the expression that “every cloud has a silver lining.” Released from the hospital after losing his wife to another man, Pat believes this age-old adage is just the ticket to trying to win her back and get his life on track. Trying to remain resolutely undiscouraged, Pat moves back in with his parents and devotes himself entirely to becoming the man his wife always wanted him to be. But it’s an uphill battle. Until Pat meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a beautiful young woman whose life also has not turned out the way she wanted. Together, the couple will try and navigate through their lives and stay true to who they are, always just one adventure away from a unique friendship, and possibly even love.”
Robert DeNiro fits in there somewhere, perhaps as Pat’s father. The rest of the cast includes Shea Whigham (Take Shelter, “Boardwalk Empire”) and Chris Tucker. I have to say I’m thrilled that Jacki Weaver is getting some play now that Hollywood has taken notice of her. She was tremendous in Animal Kingdom. Let’s hope she’s not quite as terrifying as Pat’s mother.
The Silver Linings Playbook is due out at the end of 2012.
