The Lost Weekend depicts the life of never-was writer Don Birnam as he deals with his alcoholism. The film is loaded with helpful advice like this:

"Yes, I've heard the facts and they're not too pleasant. But they could be worse. After all, you're not an embezzler or a murderer. You drink too much, and that's not fatal."

Nailed it.

The film is entirely too melodramatic to take seriously, and Don is such a whoa-is-me crybaby that I didn't care if he got over his alcoholism or not.

This isn't Billy Wilder's best offering, but I appreciate his attempt to bring alcoholism into the public discourse.

I knew I would like this movie as soon as it began. I didn't know that over the course of the next two hours I would grow to love it. Silver Linings Playbook has genuine charm, and the sort of rich, complex, faulted-but -likable characters that are rare in movies. The film is hilarious at times and devastatingly, subtly sad at others.

Bradley Cooper's matter-of-fact portrayal of a bi-polar person is easily one of my favorites of the year. He's got real acting chops. And this is the best role Robert Deniro has filled in at least a decade. The man's still got it.

"This is this. This is not something else."

Just finished watching this for the first time thinking "How have I gone my whole life until now without seeing this film?" Fucking awesome. Every minute is engaging. Solid ending. Will definitely be watching again.