Silver Linings Playbook is an 2012 comedy-drama film directed by David O. Russell, from a screenplay by Russell, adapted from the seriocomic novel of the same name by Matthew Quick. The film stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, with Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Julia Stiles, and Chris Tucker in supporting roles. Silver Linings Playbook premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2012, and is set to be released in the United States and the United Kingdom on November 21, 2012.