re: 500 days of summer vs silver linings playbook vs garden state

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What's a general synopsis of it?

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Pat (Cooper) catches his wife, Nicki, cheating with the history teacher with tenure, beats the shite out of him. Finds out he's bi polar, so part of his plea bargain is he goes to a mental hospital. Nicki has filed a restraining order, but Pat still believes they're in love. Pat's best friend's wife's sister (Tiffany (Lawrence)) is a recent widow who has been fired because she's a vulnerable whore. Pat and Tiffany meet at a dinner at his best friend's house. They eventually make a deal that if Pat will dance with Tiffany in a competition, Tiffany will get letters to Nicki because her sister is friends with Nicki. Also, Pat's dad was laid off, so he's a bookie trying fund a restaurant. He believes Pat is a good luck charm, and thinks Pat spending time with Tiffany will ruin his juju. I want go any further because it will ruin the end. Kind of a predictable ending, but it's really well done.