Yeah, she’s got chops. She’d be fun to listen to in interviews even if she was a mediocre actor, but she brings it when she gets the opportunity in movies like Winter’s Bone and The Hunger Games. She kicks ass in both of those, in the fantasy world of Panem and the frighteningly real meth-riddled world of the Ozarks. In the former, she’s totally believable in outfoxing and surviving against male tributes twice her size. In the latter, she stands up for herself and her family in the face of violent meth-heads without even blinking.
She’s just as fearless in Silver Linings Playbook, though she puts much more of the character on the table through loud vocal outbursts and expression. There’s no delicacy to Tiffany. At the same time, there’s something refreshing about a character who has neither the patience nor the sense to deal with social cues. Lawrence herself seems to embody the same sort of charm.
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