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A Beautiful Mind
Synopsis
Based on the true story of the life of brilliant mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. Nash suffered for many years from paranoid schizophrenia and remarkably managed to fight his mental illness and go on to win the Nobel Prize.
Review
A Beautiful Mind is an award-winning movie if ever there was one. This
biopic of mathematician John Forbes Nash is two parts Shine to one part
Good Will Hunting. Scripted by Akiva Goldsman (Lost in Space) and directed
by Ron Howard (The Grinch)--both trying to get sincere and serious after
previous movies--it showcases a big, compelling performance from Russell
Crowe as a genius whose eccentricities turn out to be down to a genuine
mental illness. Though his early work as a student offered a breakthrough
that eventually won him the 1994 Nobel Prize, Nash goes off the deep end
in later life.
The film works better in the early paranoid stretches--which include a
wonderful 1950s spy movie parody as Nash is sucked into an imagined world
of fighting commie atom spies--than it does with the inspirational ending,
where Nash’s handicaps are overcome so he can triumph at the end.
Crowe's genuinely fine work still seems a bit Shine/Rain Man/Forrest Gump-ish
in mannerism, yet experience shows this can be a powerful career move.
Crowe gains sterling support from Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Paul Bettany
and Christopher Plummer--some playing a mere character in Nash’s
world
Languages
English