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Synopsis: Against medical advice and without the knowledge of her husband Pat Solatano Sr., caring Dolores Solatano discharges her adult son, Pat Solatano Jr., from a Maryland mental health institution after his minimum eight month court ordered stint. The condition of the release includes Pat Jr. moving back in with his parents in their Philadelphia home. Although Pat Jr.'s institutionalization was due to him beating up the lover of his wife Nikki, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Nikki has since left him and has received a restraining order against him. Although he is on medication (which he doesn't take because of the way it makes him feel) and has mandatory therapy sessions, Pat Jr. feels like he can manage on the outside solely by healthy living and looking for the "silver linings" in his life. His goals are to get his old job back as a substitute teacher, but more importantly reunite with Nikki. He finds there are certain instances where he doesn't cope well, however no less so than
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): David O. Russell
Production: The Weinstein Company
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 88 wins & 145 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
81
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
R
Year:
2012
122 min
$132,088,910
Website
9,775 Views


liked it, because they were happy.

You think he ends it there? No!

He writes another ending.

She dies, dad! I mean,

the world's hard

enough as it is, guys. It's

f***ing hard enough as it is.

Can't somebody say, "hey,

let's be positive?

Let's have a good

ending to the story?.

Pat, you owe

us an apology.

Mom, for what, I

can't apologize.

I'm not gonna

apologize for this.

You know what I will do? I

will apologize on behalf of

Ernest Hemingway, because

that's who's to blame here.

Yeah, have Ernest Hemingway call

us and apologize to us, too.

Why didn't you run with me?

Huh!!

I was reading.

Please. Do us a favor,

don't read for a while.

What are you wearing a garbage bag for?

I'm gonna go run now.

Wait, wait, wait. You

have to fix this window.

I'll fix it when I get back.

Fix it now.

Get in the car, pat. You

have to go to therapy.

I don't wanna

go to therapy.

You have to go. It's part of the deal.

You can't live with us and not go.

Is that song

really playing?

We have music sometimes.

That song is killing me. Could

you please turn it off?

I can't.

What do you mean,

you can't?

I don't have the controls.

I'm sorry, I-

did doctor timbers

put you up to this?

Is there a speaker here?

Is, is the speaker here?

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Okay... I'm sorry.

I'll fix all this, okay?

That was a messed up thing you

did, doctor patel. Alright!

That's a messed up thing.

I'm sorry, but that's...

You can call me

cliff, please.

Yeah, well, cliff, that's not the way

you're supposed to meet people, okay?

You should write that down

in your, I don't know

your little book you

write stuff down in.

I'm sorry about that song. I just wanted

to see if it was still a trigger for you.

Bravo. It's a trigger. I'm

not gonna take any meds,

I should just tell

you that right now.

No, you have to

take medicine.

No, I'm not gonna take any medicine.

It makes me foggy-

no, you will have

to take medication.

I don't want any

meds, doctor.

Look, I am not the explosion guy, okay?

My father is the explosion guy.

I'm not that guy.

He got kicked out of that

stadium he beat up so many

people at eagles games,

he's on the exclusion list.

I had one incident. One

incident can change a lifetime.

But I'm ready. I'm ready to take

responsibility for my side of the street.

She just needs to take

responsibility for hers.

What's hers?

What's hers? Are you joking?

Let's go back to the incident.

I come home from

work after I..

Fight with Nancy, the

high school ...Principal.

I come home and what's playing

but the song from my wedding.

The song that you so charmingly

played out here today for us.

That's playing and I don't think

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David O. Russell

David Owen Russell (born August 20, 1958) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His early directing career includes the comedy films Spanking the Monkey (1994), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Three Kings (1999) and I ♥ Huckabees (2004). more…

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