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David O. Russell – MovieLog https://frowningbear.com/movies What me peepers have reckoned upon Tue, 01 Nov 2022 15:08:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 American Hustle (2013) https://frowningbear.com/movies/?p=3409 Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:49:40 +0000 https://frowningbear.com/movies/?p=3409 A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that’s as dangerous as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving’s unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down.

American Hustle

Everyone Hustles To Survive

David O. Russell

USA

7.5

IMDb

]]> Silver Linings Playbook (2012) https://frowningbear.com/movies/?p=3223 Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:46:46 +0000 https://frowningbear.com/movies/?p=3223 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 some others who have never been institutionalized, such as his Philadelphia Eagles obsessed OCD father who has resorted to being a bookie to earn a living, his best friend Ronnie who quietly seethes over the control wielded by his wife Veronica, and Veronica’s widowed sister, Tiffany Maxwell, a recovering sex addict. In their fragile mental states, Pat Jr. and Tiffany embark on a love/hate friendship based primarily on what help the other can provide in achieving their individual goals. But they may reevaluate their goals as their relationship progresses.

Silver Linings Playbook

Happiness Therapy

Watch for the signs

David O. Russell

USA

7.9

IMDb

]]> Fighter, The (2010) https://frowningbear.com/movies/?p=2745 Sat, 22 Oct 2022 11:22:49 +0000 https://frowningbear.com/movies/?p=2745 The Fighter, is a drama about boxer Irish Micky Ward’s unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer on the verge of being KO’d by drugs and crime.

Fighter, The

Every dream deserves a fighting chance.

David O. Russell

USA

7.9

IMDb

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