A Beautiful Mind (2001)

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It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

The story is well developed and unique idea with outstanding acting

"A Beautiful Mind" is brilliant. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard did an amazing job once again, the movie deserving the 4 Oscars and 4 Golden Globes, no doubt about that. It was clearly the best movie of 2001, actually one of the best movies I've ever seen. The movie tells the story of the well-known mathematician John Nash, picturing his life from the moment he arrived at Princeton, until the winning of the Nobel Prize in the late 90's (for his extraordinary work in game theory, his work being a true foundation of economics). "A Beautiful Mind" is pretty accurate with the historical truth, presenting most of the struggles in Nash's life, although not all of them. The plot was amazing, in my opinion another thing that impressed the people at the Academy. The viewer is made to see almost all the film through the eyes of John Nash, ignoring all the subtle hints at the mental-illness he is suffering of, everything making a lot of sense at the end of the movie. Also, the acting was amazing, and it really mattered. Russell Crowe's portrayal of John Nash was just stunning, culminating with the moments picturing Nash old and with his amazing body-language, the kind of things that even the best actors struggle with. This performance was clearly Crowe's best. Of course, Jennifer Connelly's acting shouldn't be overlooked. She knew how to handle all the moments of the movie flawlessly. In my opinion, despite everything else, the most important part of the film is John Nash's inner-fight with his problems. From the heights of academical glory and recognition, to the depths of his mental-illness, John Nash is experiencing everything. Above all, the film gets into the deepest of Nash's mind of soul. The movie expresses so well Nash's genius that there are no words to explain. Truly beautiful and honest.No more words to say, judging with a very critical view, the film would get a rating of 9/10, because of the few historical truths hidden. Although, in my point view, the omitted truths can be easily ignored so it is maybe the most honest 10/10 rating I ever gave. The film is more than a 2-hour video, it is the story of a genius, a story of both love and bravery. Bogdan Teodorescu, 4th of March 2018R.I.P. John Forbes Nash and Alicia Nash, 2015, amazing peoplePARENTAL ADVISORY! The movie is very explicit, showing schizofrenia at it's worst. This can be very disturbing for children and for adults too.

I was watching this for a school assignment one day a couple of years ago, and when I was watching this I was not really sure how to think of it at first as I felt like it was just sort of trying to show people how anybody can be special and as a result was sort of a propaganda piece. But I would not really say that this is the case when I think about it. The acting is well done and I really like it captured the way that things were back in time for people with some form of mental problem. The things I always like most about this movie were the scenes it showed him being questioned by those 'government agents' and how we would later learn that none of them were actually true

You'll recall the scene in the movie when John Nash (Russell Crowe) is given an initial tour of Wheeler Labs, and he questions the presence of Big Brother watching from an elevated catwalk above the main floor. A hint to the viewer that what Nash is experiencing occurs later in the picture when William Parcher (Ed Harris) meets Nash for the first time, and refers to himself as 'Big Brother'. If in fact Parcher was a real person, it's doubtful that anyone at Wheeler would have revealed Nash's observation to him. That's what struck me the first time I saw this film and then again when I watched it once more this morning.Well, like a lot of movies based on a true story that I initially find compelling and worthy of the highest rating here on IMDb, I'm left frustratingly disappointed that the screenplay distorts the facts in order to give the most appealing impression possible to the viewer. The main one here was Nash's relationship with wife Alicia, portrayed by Jennifer Connelly. Their first marriage only survived for three years before his schizophrenia drove them apart, resentful over the fact that she had him involuntarily committed. Their romantic relationship then rekindled after he won the Nobel Prize, and well after his mental illness had subsided.What I liked about Crowe's portrayal of Nash was the way he came to grips with his delusions and later treated them with a dose of good humor - "There's no point in being nuts if you can't have a little fun" is what he stated to his friend Sol (Adam Goldberg) when he came to visit. Later on, reinstated as a teaching professor at Princeton, he self assuredly asked a student to verify the presence of a 'new person' he hadn't seen before. Those subtle instances helped reestablish Nash as someone who recognized that he was mentally ill, and that he needed to control his health with the proper medication.For anyone dealing with mental illness within their own family, I think this film can be an eye opener about the fear and hopelessness that the sick person experiences. I state that from a personal perspective having observed now adult children going through the pain and embarrassment of delusional fantasies that at times became downright scary. In that regard, the movie presents a reasonable perspective that illnesses like schizophrenia can be treated with the proper attention, a dedicated medical provider, and the correctly prescribed medication. I've seen it happen more than once.