This is a film review written by a student of one of my colleagues.

At the end of the school she sent me that film review, asking me to publish it.

I'm doing now and I'm pleased to do that.

This is the assignment:

An introduction with the title, year, genre, director and main actors.

A short summary of the plot, without revealing too much about specific scenes, do not tell the ending.

A description of the characters, both physical and psychological. Write how realistic/interesting the actors’ portrayal was.

A conclusion which summarizes the best and worst qualities of the film, its message and theme.

The film is " Silver linings playbook" an American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. Russell, adapted from the novel The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick. 

This is what the student wrote about the film.

Talking about my favourite film is very hard for me, mainly because I don’t have one. There are a lot of films that make me feel very emotional, but today I want to tell you about this brilliant film: "Silver linings playbook"

It was made in 2013, if I’m not wrong, but I can’t remember who directed it. In this film starred well-known actors, such as Robert  De Niro,  Bradley Cooper and the amazing Jennifer Lawrence, she also won the Oscar because of this film and she is my favourite actress as well.

This film deals with a lot of difficult themes, managing to keep it light and pleasant to watch though. The chief character is affected by bipolar disorder and has to redefine his life. Ha has a tottering relationship with his father (Robert De Niro) and a morbid one with his mom. He is obsessed with his ex-wife but can’t get close to her, because of his restraining order. Later on he meets a young widow that seems to understand him, so they become friends. After a few weeks they understand they’re in love and take care of each other’s illnesses. The plot is much more complicated than that and it plays a lot with details, this is probably one of the best features of the whole film.

The actors did a great job creating the characters’ personalities, giving them authenticity and passion. I would recommend this to anyone, because it’s funny, smooth and enthralling, yet very moving.

The title points out the goal of this film, because the protagonist slowly learns to live his life as much as he can, looking for the silver lining.