Dictionaries define the term excelsior as “upwards” or “higher.” It is the act of always thinking positive and looking for the silver lining in all circumstances.
In the Silver Linings Playbook, finding that silver lining for Pat (Bradley Cooper) after all that has happened to him is an enormous task. He has battled anger, like his father Pat, Sr. (Robert DeNiro), since childhood but after he finds the love of his life (his wife Nickie) in the shower with their co-worker, his anger reaches epic proportions.
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