Silver Linings Playbook is a American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. The film is set in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. Cooper plays Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr. Pat is determined to win back his estranged wife.
He meets a young widow, Tiffany Maxwell Lawrence , who offers to help him get his wife back if he enters a dance competition with her. The two become closer as they train, and Pat, his father, and Tiffany examine their relationships with each other as they cope with their situations.
After eight months' treatment in a mental health facility for bipolar disorder , Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr. His primary focus is to reconcile with his ex-wife, Nikki. She has moved away and obtained a restraining order against him after Pat found her in the shower with another man and badly beat him.
Pat's therapist , Cliff Patel, tries to convince him to keep taking his medication because a repeat of his violent outbursts might send him back to the clinic.
Pat tells him that he has a new outlook on life: He attempts to see the good, or silver linings , in all that he experiences. Pat attends dinner at his best friend Ronnie's house, where Ronnie's sister-in-law, Tiffany Maxwell, a widow with an unnamed disorder, is also a guest. They connect, talking about different psychiatric medications they have taken to manage their mental illnesses. She tries to offer him casual sex , but Pat is focused on getting Nikki back. Trying to get closer to him, Tiffany offers to deliver a letter to Nikki if, in return, he partners with her in an upcoming dance competition.
