An edgy romantic dramedy that suits our anxious times.
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
21 Nov 2012
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A crazy beaut of a comedy that brims with generosity and manages to circumvent predictability at every turn.
– Lisa Schwarzbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Jan 2013
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Silver Linings Playbook tells us that happily-ever-after may depend on finding people who coexist with our lunacy, not ones who can lead us out of it. In any case, it's crazy good.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
4 Jan 2013
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It's a rom-com that succeeds in revitalizing that discredited genre where so many others have failed, injecting it with the grit and emotion of realist drama rather than with amped-up whimsy or social satire or montages of people walking on the beach.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
4 Jan 2013
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Writer-director Russell is just the guy to bring out (and then calm) the manic dysfunction in these folks.