Paul Carafotes asked this question about The Silver Linings Playbook:
Those of us who have seen the movie and want to read the book.... Is the book better than the film? Does it live up,to the movie which I thoght was excellent.
Flying Teapot In the movie Pet meets Nikki and it's very naive and counterfeited. The whole reason of Pet's disorder is clear in the beginning of the movie while in…moreIn the movie Pet meets Nikki and it's very naive and counterfeited. The whole reason of Pet's disorder is clear in the beginning of the movie while in the book reader even doesn't know what happened to Pet several years ago and why he hates Kenny G. and so many differences...
It's beautiful film, but, IMHO, not about true problems. Movie's Pet is a boy who needs some relax while book's Pet has so much psychological problems that even his therapist couldn't understand because of Pet's disorder which is caused by his past that Pet disclaim and don't want to remember.(less)
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