It’s the sort of juxtaposition that often arises at this time of year: novel adaptations arriving in droves at movie theaters, hunting for Oscar nominations.
J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantastical The Hobbit and Yann Martel’s lifeboat adventure Life of Pi are coming soon, and this week Leo Tolstoy’s romantic tragedy Anna Karenina goes head to head with Matthew Quick’s romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook.
Quick’s novel centers on Pat, a bipolar guy sprung by his mom from a mental institution before he’s quite ready, who has a theory that his life is a movie written and produced by God. In David O. Russell’s film, God gets left out of the mix. But Pat, played by Bradley Cooper, still has plenty of theories.
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