She first caught the attention of moviegoers in 2010 with Winter’s Bone because she was able to pull off this young country girl who was a total badass in taking care of her family. Then her huge break came when she landed the role of Katniss Everdeen in the now insanely popular Hunger Games. The thing is, she was playing a very similar type to the role she played in Winter’s Bone: a young person in a relatively impoverished situation trying to look after her family in the absence of deadbeat parents, occasionally killing animals and eating them, and not taking crap from anyone in a position of authority.
Tiffany is very different, and Lawrence gets to make use of the same charisma that made Ree Dolly and Katniss so magnetic to a different effect in Silver Linings Playbook. She still speaks her mind to people meaning to talk down to her, but in this instance instead of doing so to provide for her sister, she’s just doing it because she’s a messed up girl looking to find her own peace of mind. Her previous work has also been considerably restrained—Ree and Katniss are characters who speak mostly through their actions and determination. Tiffany seems to be able to exude the kind of energy Jennifer Lawrence gives off in real life, which is nice to see.
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