'If it's me reading the signs': Visual signals of Tiffany's depression in 'Silver Linings Playbook'

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‘Silver Linings Playbook’ is the most engrossing film I’ve seen this year. It is the exceptionally charming and worrying story about whether a group of people affected by serious mental illness will ever be ok. And yet at times it is also a rather troubled, neat portrayal of those illnesses. There are many things I could pull out of this film to talk about, but as this is lady business and I am who I am I’ve decided to concentrate on the main woman in this film:





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It’s another ladybusiness post about a character played by Jennifer Lawrence! Yes, my interest is perfectly under control, thanks for asking.




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Unsurprisingly, considering the content of this scene, it’s common to find several similar gifs when searching for images of Jennifer Lawrence in ‘The Silver Linings Playbook’. Looking closely at this scene, where Tiffany and the film’s title character, Pat, go out to eat, illuminates how the film portrays the depression and grief of her character, Tiffany, who has been recently widowed.

( She was very depressed after Tommy died )

I barely came up for air during ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ and it’s been a long time since I was so deep into a film's world, or so concerned about the fate of two characters. There are so many ways to investigate this film and I hope it gets a lot of consideration, flaws and all, because that’s what an interesting piece of media deserves. Maybe my slant on this one particular part of the film will encourage you to take the film apart and share what you find.




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And if what you want to share is love for this screen couple who am I to stop you?:P