I had been waiting to see this movie forever! I wanted to go see it in the theaters but I never got the chance because I was busy working. I finally got it from Redbox the other day and I’m kind of glad I waited. It wasn’t quite what I had expected. I was good nonetheless. I mostly wanted to see it because Bradley Cooper was in it (he’s one of my many celebrity crushes). It wasn’t until this movie that I realized that he’s actually a really good actor, not just another pretty face. I don’t know why it took me this long to realize it, and several of his movies later, but it did. He played a person with bipolar disorder and explosive anger episodes. He did quite well at it. I think he and Jennifer Lawrence had great chemistry. Speaking of Jennifer, she’s one of my new favorite actors. I just love her. As an actress and a person. Though I don’t actually know her in real life, I’ve seen some of her interviews and think she’s a great person. Just hilarious and a great role model. In this movie, she plays kind of a crazy person. Well according to each other, she and Bradley both are crazy. He’s blunt and says inappropriate things at inappropriate times and she’s very blunt and straight forward. Robert de Niro was also in it. He’s a great amazing actor. Along with Chris Tucker who is hilarious as always.
Overall I it was a good movie. It started out kind of slow, but once it gave backgrounds stories for the characters it picked up. For me personally, it didn’t pick up until Jennifer walked on screen. It was funny, it was sad and it had a good evening. It was definitely worth the $1.28 (can you believe it’s gone up?) at the Redbox. It’d give this movie 4/5 stars.
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