Lawrence plays her not as a "manic pixie dream girl" but as a force of nature—a tornado of blunt requests and a mouth that runs faster than her judgment. She is, as she tells Pat, "the other person in this room who will tell you the truth."
At its core is Pat Solatano Jr. (Bradley Cooper, in a career-redefining performance). Fresh out of a Baltimore psychiatric facility after a court-mandated stint for beating the man sleeping with his wife, Pat is determined to "find the silver lining." He’s manic, brutally honest, and convinced his estranged wife Nikki is waiting for him. He’s also volatile—waking his parents at 4 a.m. with a Proust rant or hunting for a lost wedding video in the attic. silver linings playbook -2013-
The final scene shows Pat and Tiffany running into the street after the dance — still odd, still volatile, but now a pair. The “silver lining” is not happiness, but . It’s a radical, un-Hollywood idea: maybe you don’t get better. Maybe you just find someone whose damage fits with yours. Lawrence plays her not as a "manic pixie