Silver Linings Playbook: Book vs. Movie
David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook (2012) is based on Matthew Quick’s 2008 novel. Back with his parents after psychiatric treatment, Pat pursues a reunion with his wife while forming an unexpected friendship with Tiffany.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Matthew Quick
- Year
- 2008
- Pages
- 304Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 7 hr 17 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Ray Porter
Pat Peoples leaves a psychiatric facility convinced that getting fit and becoming a better husband will bring his estranged wife back. At his parents’ home, gaps in his memory and their reluctance to discuss the past make it difficult to understand how much has changed. Tiffany, a young widow, offers to carry messages to his wife if he agrees to become her dance partner.
- Director
- David O. Russell
- Writer
- David O. Russell, Matthew Quick
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 2 hr 2 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver
- Genre
- American football, Christmas, Comedy, Drama, romantic comedy
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Back in his parents’ house after psychiatric treatment, Pat Solatano plans to win back his wife despite a restraining order keeping them apart. His father wants him at home for Eagles games, while Tiffany, a widow he meets through friends, recruits him for a dance competition. Rehearsals give their argumentative friendship a purpose that Pat struggles to separate from his hopes of reconciliation.
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