An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, at least, I really loved the title and it’s not very often that you get the opportunity to watch a movie about bipolar disorder so, only therefore, this movie got a few extra points from me. Furthermore, the tone was fine. Indeed, even if the whole thing was slightly too whimsical, they managed to make it never too quirky. Unfortunately, even if the movie had some great potential, to be honest, I still struggled to get into the damned thing. That’s the strangest things nowadays, the fact that most action blockbusters are way too long but such drama’s barely reach 90 mins. As a result, during the first 10-15 mins, they rushed through the whole history of Cam Stuart, his disease, his courtship with his wife, how they  got married, how he got fired and how he ended up having a major mental breakdown. Obviously, this was way too much to handle in such a short time period and, as a result, the movie really struggled to finds its footing for at least half of the duration. At least, there is no denying that Mark Ruffalo was just amazing and the guy probably gave here one of his best performances. Coming back on the bipolar thing, it was rather surprising that Cam was almost constantly manic but never depressed. Furthermore, I thought it was hard to believe that his behavior was fairly stable while he was in fact constantly skipping on his medication. Anyway, to conclude, even if this movie never really worked, it was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10