81
Metascore
45 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe PlaylistKevin JagernauthAn enormously entertaining, crowd-pleasing winner from the director whose comedic edge has never been sharper.
- 100Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaIt is, without doubt, a transcendent endeavor, from its exhilaratingly smart screenplay - director David O. Russell's adaptation of the novel by former South Jersey teacher Matthew Quick - to the unexpected and moving turns of its two leads.
- Cheerfully yet poignantly exposing the struggles, anxieties, disorders and obsessions of ordinary people, this is a film as odd as it is charming.
- 90VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangNever one to shy away from unlikely sources of comedy, David O. Russell tackles mental illness, marital failure and the curative powers of football with bracingly sharp and satisfying results in Silver Linings Playbook.
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliUltimately, this is an engaging, uplifting, and life-affirming motion picture that reminds viewers that it is possible to do interesting things with a romantic comedy while still sticking to some of the conventions.
- Lawrence and Cooper have electric chemistry, and the director pulls off one of the most satisfying romantic Hollywood endings seen in years.
- 70TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissThe performances of these actors are reason enough to go. The reason to stay is Lawrence.
- 60Total FilmTotal FilmRussell follows "The Fighter" with a softer, soapier family dysfunction drama, lightly comic enough to make for palatable Friday-night viewing. As its nutty lovebirds, Cooper and Lawrence save Playbook from the director's surprisingly mundane impulses.
- 25Slant MagazineSlant MagazineWhen one stops to consider how irksomely on the nose so much of this is, the qualities which intend to most readily ingratiate the film with us begin to appear perceptibly disingenuous and false.