Release Date: 2012-11-21
Wide Release
Distributors: The Weinstein Company
Directors: David O. Russell
Actors : Bradley Cooper, Chris Tucker, Dash Mihok, Jennifer Lawrence, John Ortiz, Julia Stiles, Robert De Niro, Shea Whigham
Film Genre(s): Comedy, Comic/Graphic Novel Based Film
United States
SYNOPSIS
Based on novel by Mathew Quick, about a man (Cooper) who, after a mental collapse, is released from a health facility determined to find the silver linings in his life. In total denial that his wife has remarried and moved on, he moves home with his parents and befriends a depressed woman (Lawrence) who offers to act as a liaison between him and his wife.PREVIEW NOTES
- Deadline reports that Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro are in negotiations to star. - 2011-08-02
- The Hollywood Reporter reports that Jacki Weaver is in talks to join cast. - 2011-09-26









"Ron and I wanted to make a film that looked at what it means to be an outsider and we wanted to explore what it takes to reach out to someone whose life is very removed from your own."









