Review of Silver Linings Playbook

There are some movies that stick with you even after the credits have run and you've headed back to your everyday life. You'll suddenly find yourself thinking of it on your drive to work or while you make dinner. This movie is like that for me. At first I just loved it. It's a beautiful love story about two broken people who find away to heal through each other. Cooper and Lawrence are perfection both as individuals and as a couple. There are laughs and tears and when it's over you feel like it's time to go out and find the silver lining in your own life.

But now, after the warmth of the ending has faded I find myself dwelling on the sadder parts. The pain of dealing with undiagnosed mental disabilities and I realize that a more relevant movie couldn't be made. After all the violence in America of late alot has been said about people with bipolar disorder. This movie shows that while a bi polar person can be dangerous, with the right mindset and the right meds they can be a healthy member of society. It's not the disease that's the problem. It's our inability to diagnose and deal with these problems before they boil over into dangerous actions.