Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and others
I am not really sure what to expect from this film. It had been given rave reviews and i have loved both Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence so for their sakes, i was willing to give it a shot. The trailer had not really warned me about the mental illnesses angle but the reviews had and i was unsure how i felt about it being used as a subject of a film. Mental health still seems like a touchy subject to me and if it is not well acted then it can come across as a bit patronising.
Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence) is young widow after her police officer husband dies, leaving her disturbed and with an addictive personality. She gets fired from an office where she has slept with everyone there including the women. Tiffany enters herself into a dance competition in aid of a police charity but finds herself without a partner. Enter Pat (Bradley Cooper) who plays a former school teacher who has been in a mental institution for violently beating up his wife's lover. He suffers from bipolar disorder and is intent to do whatever it takes to win his wife back.
As films go, the best part of this film is probably the start where these unconventional characters are woven into this suburban neighbourhood. Robert De Niro is great as Pat's father who is torn between trying to get his son back on his feet and battling his own mental health disorder. Cooper and Lawrence both play their roles well and it is nice to see that the subject of mental health is not shied away from. Both the characters are very open about their illnesses and it seems that the people around them are in fact the ones who are 'crazy'. Their characters are accepted just the way they are and both the actors play off each other really well. A good watch but requires patience, i couldn't really watch it again.
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