Silver Linings Playbook is an entertaining, uplifting film with important issues at its heart.
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His best chance for a gold statue is with the upcoming film The Silver Linings Playbook.
Russell won the adapted screenplay prize for "Silver Linings Playbook, " a comedy about characters confronting mental illness.
That's the locale of "Silver Linings Playbook, " about two broken people finding their way to love through dancing.
Russell for Silver Linings Playbook, Steven Spielberg for Lincoln, and Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild.
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Meanwhile, Silver Linings Playbook has its own group of strong supporters placing it right at the top as well.
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Silver Linings Playbook garnered nods for Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in the best actress and best actor categories.
But if I had to bet on the closest challenger, that title just went handedly to Silver Linings Playbook.
Oscar-winner Silver Linings Playbook took three awards including best male and female for lead actors Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.
Lawrence, who's up for best actress for her performance in "Silver Linings Playbook, " was wearing a flowing white-and-pink Dior number.
"Silver Linings Playbook" led with four wins, including best actress for Jennifer Lawrence and director and screenplay for David O.
The best actress prize was shared between Amour's Emmanuelle Riva , 85, and Silver Linings Playbook actress Jennifer Lawrence, 22.
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This was the case with The King's Speech and 2012's triumph The Artist, and again this year with Silver Linings Playbook.
Adams is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for The Master and Cooper is nominated for Best Actor for Silver Linings Playbook.
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Best Actress is also a two woman race between Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty and Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook.
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Can you imagine teens lining up to see Silver Linings Playbook (about two depressed people finding love) or Life of Pi?
De Niro is Oscar nominated for his role in Silver Linings Playbook.
"Silver Linings Playbook" centers on the relationship between a man (Bradley Cooper) just out of a mental hospital and a young widow (Lawrence).
"The Fighter" was about family ties that turn toxic, and "Silver Linings Playbook" gives us a family lurching crabwise through chaos toward redemption.
Also on Saturday, the festival's "surprise film" was revealed to be Silver Linings Playbook, the latest feature from The Fighter director David O Russell.
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Plucked from the Dior Spring 2013 Couture runway, the Silver Linings Playbook actress chose a blush-colored drop-waist dress with exaggerated sections of flared fishtail skirt.
In a separate comedy category, Silver Linings Playbook swept the board.
But then came a surge for Silver Linings Playbook, which is enjoying great buzz and has become one of the most popular films among the nominees.
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With nominations in every acting category, as well as nods for Best Picture and Best Director, Silver Linings Playbook is among the top contenders this year.
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His nuanced performance in Silver Linings Playbook helped him emerge as an Honest Abe actor, true to his Philly-area hometown, with a Georgetown education and enormous acting prowess.
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Silver Linings Playbook was among my personal favorite films of 2012, and I walked out of the theater silently rooting for it to get the attention it deserves.
"Silver Linings Playbook" performed very nicely in its nationwide expansion.
Even Jennifer Lawrence, who won an Oscar for Best Actress for her turn in "Silver Linings Playbook" and was name-checked in the boob song, found the humor in it.
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