'Joy (2015) : another Playbook where the Silver Linings are fairly hidden'
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18 February
'Joy (2015) is another Playbook where the Silver Linings
are fairly hidden' ~ Ramirez Jones
are fairly hidden' ~ Ramirez Jones
Of course, writer / director David O. Russell lets Robert De Niro steal scenes, and, because of Silver Linings Playbook (2012) (and American Hustle (2013) ?), can play on our expectations of the 'friendship in commerce' of Jennifer Lawrence (Joy) and Bradley Cooper (Neil)... pic.twitter.com/EXt8HWuwRj— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) February 18, 2018
Yet it's Lawrence's smile that lights up her face, so it's a side of Joy that Russell - though not to Aronofksy's extreme extent - keeps from us for its full effect :— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) February 18, 2018
However, he does so in the service of a version of The American Dream (complete with aspirational voice-over)... pic.twitter.com/oGirMvJ4zk
Maybe David O. Russell is selling himself or his film short, or it was intended for a director's commentary, but 'the insights' that he dare offer to us in the DVD extra for Joy (2015) ('Joy, Strength and Perseverance')... ?
— THE AGENT APSLEY (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) February 19, 2018
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