2013 Academy Awards Best Picture nominee: 'Silver Linings Playbook' film synopsis
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Best Picture nominee: "Silver Linings Playbook" -- Spoiler alert! Here's a synopsis, courtesy of imdb.com and Wikipedia, in case you don't see the movie. But beware, we give away the ending!
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Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper), a bipolar man from Philadelphia, finds himself living back with his mother (Jacki Weaver) and father (Robert De Niro) after spending eight months in a state institution after he assaulted his wife's lover.
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Pat wants to get back together with his wife, even though she has a restraining order. He befriends a depressed young woman named Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), who is mourning the death of her husband by engaging in compulsive sex.
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Tiffany offers to help Pat reconnect with his wife, but only if he acts as her partner in a local dance competition. Things go well until Pat Sr. loses his life savings betting on an Eagles game.
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The family agrees that if the Eagles win their next game and Pat and Tiffany score at least 5 at the dance competition, he'll win his money back.
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The Eagles win, Pat and Tiffany score a 5, getting Pat Sr. back his money, and Pat confesses his love for Tiffany.
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