Silver Linings Playbook is a true rarity in film. It’s the romance movie that manages to so effectively capture a storyline that months after the original run, here in late April, 2013, it is still actively playing on local theater screens. Romance films tend to be paint by number affairs. Girl meets boy, boy meets girl, things happen, it almost doesn’t work and then it does. But Silver Linings Playbook goes far beyond that – it asks very difficult questions about whether or not a couple SHOULD be together. What it is like to realize that the love of our life may not really be the one for us - and to open ourselves up for the right person. For these characters, it asks the difficult questions about dealing with our inner demons. The scariest question Silver Linings Playbook asks is both simple and frightening: is there really someone out there for us?
Studio: Weinstein
Distributed By: Starz
Video Resolution and Encode: 1080P/AVC
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audio: English 5.1 DTS
Subtitles: English, English SDH, Spanish
Rating: R
Run Time: 2 Hr. 2 Min.
Package Includes: Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Copy
Disc Type: BD50 (dual layer)
Region: A
Release Date: 4/30/2013
MSRP: $29.99
The Production Rating: 5/5
Video Rating: 5/5 3D Rating: NA
Audio Rating: 4.5/5
Special Features Rating: 4/5
- Deleted Scenes (1080p; AVC Encode, 26:14) I normally don’t go in for deleted scenes, but watching through the deleted scenes gives you a good idea of how much Russell really whittled down this film to get the presentation he was after.
- Silver Linings Playbook: The Film that Became a Movement (1080p; AVC 28:37) This is your typical behind the scenes featurette with cast and crew.
- Q&A Highlights (1080p; 27:00) This is somewhat disjointed, but a set of interviews cut together that give us a look at the question and answer of cast.
- Dance Rehearsal (1080p; 1:22) Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence walk through their dance moves.
- Learn to Dance Like Pat and Tiffany (1080p; 11:45) Mandy Moore provides a look at the scene that compromises the big dance number in the film.
- Going Steadicam with Bradley Cooper (480i; 00:56) a fairly silly insert that follows Bradley Cooper pretending to be a director/cameraman.
Overall Rating: 5/5
Reviewed By: MattCR
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