It is difficult to find a viewer who would not know the picture "My boyfriend is crazy." The actors and the crew of the project did everything to make the audience and critics enthusiastically talk about this film in 2012. Seven Oscar nominations are no joke. How did David O. Russell's comedy so hook the audience?
The creators of the picture
David O. Russell graduated from college with a degree in Political Science. For a long time he worked by profession, and then plunged headlong into the world of cinema. The director released the first picture at the age of 37. And, I must say, it was shot on a rather strange topic: in the film “Emancipation”, Russell suddenly decided to touch upon incest issues. Apparently, in Hollywood, it is customary to pay attention to your creativity precisely with the help of such topics. However, then David O. Russell returned to more or less familiar subjects for cinema. The tapes of his production “Three Kings”, “Fighter”, “Crackers of hearts” were released.
In 2011, O. Russell began filming the movie “My Boyfriend Is Crazy.” Actors of the project (R. de Niro, B. Cooper and D. Lawrence) coped with the task so well that each of them was nominated for an Oscar for the work done. The music for the comedy was written by Danny Elfman, who had previously worked on the soundtracks for the blockbusters “Especially Dangerous”, “Terminator: May the Savior Come” and “Men in Black-3”. Masanobu Takayanagi stood behind the camera.
Movie script
The film “My Boyfriend is Crazy” is a small sketch from the life of the Solitano family. Officially, among relatives there is only one person with quirks - Pat, who spent 8 months in a hospital after a nervous breakdown. But if you look closely: there is no smoke without fire. So, Pat's father is an avid player who lost his job, but did not even think of finding a new place in any company. Instead, Solitano Sr. takes the money of the family at the races and cherishes the dream that someday he will win and open his own restaurant. Pat's mother is a silent silent woman. She lacks the courage to say that she actually thinks about the situation in the family.
Against the background of all this madness, a girl Tiffany appears in the life of Pat Jr. She was also recently released from a psychiatric hospital. But at the same time, sometimes she seems more sensible than the whole Solitano family. Tiffany is trying to get close to Pat. But he stubbornly dreams of regaining the disposition of his ex-wife. And only at the end of the film, when Tiffany and Pat are united, the couple finally realizes that they no longer need anyone, that they are happy together.
“My Boyfriend Is Crazy”: Bradley Cooper as Pat
Bradley Cooper is currently one of the most prominent people in Hollywood: the audience loves him, and the directors feel sympathy. But not always in the life of an actor everything was so smooth. His first starring role was related to the project “Areas of Darkness”, in which Cooper played a loser-writer. The image was a success for the artist. After all, the biography of his character partially echoes the real facts from Cooper's life: Bradley spent his youth in obscurity, trying to cope with alcohol and drug addiction.
The film "My Boyfriend is Crazy" again gave Cooper the opportunity to play an outsider, who then miraculously reincarnates. Pat Solitano at the beginning of the picture appears before the audience a miserable person. He lost his job, still lives with his parents, and is humiliated in front of his ex-wife. But it is communication with Tiffany that makes Pat change his usual style of behavior. This is the touchingness of the picture "My boyfriend is crazy." Bradley Cooper plays a hero who, from an amorphous mass, has turned into a man who says a solid “no” to his past. And for this successful reincarnation, the actor was nominated for an Oscar in 2013.
“My Boyfriend Is Crazy”: actors. Jennifer Lawrence as Tiffany
Jennifer Lawrence began acting in films at the age of 16. Like all Hollywood artists, she went through both television shows and nondescript TV shows. Laurence first appeared on large screens in 2011, playing the mysterious Mystic in the blockbuster X-Men: First Class. A year later, the girl became the main star of the Hunger Games franchise. And then her name began to sound everywhere. Filming in The Hunger Games elevated Lawrence over their peers, peers. In 2014, Jen even managed to get the title of "Highest-paid actress" according to Forbes magazine. This event was preceded by filming in O. Russell's film "My Boyfriend is Crazy." Jennifer Lawrence for the role of Pat's girlfriend received the first Oscar in her career.
Tiffany is an ambiguous character. On the one hand, she is impulsive and has poor control over her emotions. On the other hand, the girl is purposeful and evaluates life much more adequately than Pat and his family. Tiffany is trying to explain to the young man that his dreams of a happy future with his ex-wife are just an illusion and a fiction. With constant thoughts of a relationship that has ended, he makes only himself worse. In the finale of the picture, the heroine Lawrence succeeds not only in returning Pet to sound thinking, but also in love with Solitano.
Robert de Niro as Solitano Sr.
In the comedy “My Boyfriend is Crazy,” Robert de Niro appears as a man obsessed with racing and the idea of opening his own restaurant. At the same time, Solitano Sr. absolutely does not care about the fact that the family has very limited livelihoods. Hero de Niro does not know how to put his own life in order. Accordingly, he cannot help his son who has just returned from a mental hospital. Any attempts by Solitano Sr. to speak with the over-age child end in a quarrel. Nevertheless, the character of Robert de Niro still happens to experience pride in his son. This happens when Pat Jr. overcomes depression, masters dances and finds the strength to leave his ex-wife for a friend who truly loves him.
Other role performers
In the film “My Boyfriend is Crazy,” actors R. De Niro and D. Weaver played the parents of the protagonist. Both actors were nominated for an Oscar, but never received a statuette. The supporting role went to comedian Chris Tucker (Rush Hour). This time he appeared on the screens in the image of Danny - a friend of Pat Solitano-ml. Also in the frame you can see the star of Bollywood Anupam Kher, actors Shea Wigham, Paul Herman and John Ortiz.