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Summary: Lies, Lies,Lies
Review: This boring as hell movie not only lied, blatently and thoroughly, but it didn't even spell out the theory (beyond a hazy bar scene) that won him the Nobel prize...
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Summary: Another triump for Ron Howard!
Review: A Beautiful Mind, the academy award winner for Best Picture was one of my favorite movies this year. It is the story of John Forbes Nash Jr, who overcame schizophrenia and won the Nobel Prize in economics for work he had done many years before. It also details the love story between he and his wife, Alicia. This is truly a film that you can and will quickly get caught up into. It is a must have in your DVD collection.
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Summary: Best Picture?
Review: I found the first hour of the movie too disjointed. The second half of the movie could have been a lot better if the first had made me feel more sorry for the main character. If you do not feel for him then his troubles do not hold much weight. It is a good story but I don't feel it was properly executed. Russell Crowe, who is great, also slips in and out of his accent which is distracting.
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Summary: WELL-DESERVED BEST-PICTURE WINNER, BUT LEAVES SOME CONFUSION
Review: This movie is a very worthy best-picture winner, and the performances by Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly are superb. Schizophrenia is a much misunderstood mental illness. It is often equated with having a "split personality", but that is not really a satisfactory explanation. A better understanding can be gained from this movie, a portrait of John Nash, a brilliant mathematician and ultimate Nobel laureate in economics, and a schizophrenia suferer. Repeated viewings of this movie help one understand the details better. Those with schizophrenia can have hallucinations of people, events and other apparent reality that seem completely real to the one having them but are not. On first seeing the movie, I assumed that Nash's college roommate was a real person. The movie makes it appear that, after years of absence, that roommate comes back into Nash's life and by then has a young niece of whom he is the guardian after she was orphaned. But when Nash later begins to reason out what is real and what is only his hallucinations, he reasons that his visions of the niece at that point cannot be real, because she hasn't been growing any older over several years. Of course, that in and of itself doesn't prove she or her uncle were unreal from the beginning, just that Nash's later visions of her, after she should have grown older but didn't were hallucinations. On first seeing the movie, I assumed the roommate had been real, but Nash's later visions of him and his niece probably never were real. But a subtle clue in the movie clarified things for me on the second watching. Another of Nash's hallucinations comes in the form of his thinking he is deciphering codes vital to national security, under a boss played by Ed Harris. The way the movie leaves some confusions about this (unreal?) subplot include how Nash thinks he receives an electronic implant in his arm, to open a gate where he drops off his solutions to the codes, and one time when he rides in a car driven by Harris's character. But the gate and drop-off prove real, and how can an imaginary implant open a real gate? And how can one ride in a car driven by a hallucination? The ride really seems to take Nash somewhere, so how can it be imaginary? These things might be explained by further viewings, but can remain mysteries, at least before one takes in all the details.
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Summary: SUPERB
Review: I was so eager to watch this movie and it was truly worth it..! Usually Oscar winning drama movies have a different taste that you might have difficulties to swallow... but A Beautiful Mind keeps you thrilled and attached to the movie all the way until it ends... it's the kind of story that you never get enough from and keeps you curious until the end!The movie is full of surprises all the way until the end... it's a story of love & struggle and believing in yourself and your love! It's very touchy especially when you know it is a TRUE STORY!
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Summary: Surprising...
Review: I was interested in the story because John Nash is from West Virginia and wanted to learn more about him because I had never heard of him before the movie buzz about this film.
I had no real expectations of the film before watching it.
Masterfully directed. The plot twist is unsuspected and you are not sure what is real and what is not.
Very touching. Cried a few times. The true hero of the story is Alicia.
Not sure how accurate the film is. If any of it is true it is still a remarkable story. Hope to hear more about Mr. Nash and his family.
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Summary: This movie is great
Review: A Beautiful Mind is the story of John Forbes Nash, Jr. and the obstacles he overcomes to make the achievement of a lifetime. Although it does not include all details of his life, it is a great story of triumph and love. The movie starts at Princeton University, where John struggles to come up with an "original idea" to change the world. He finally invents a win-win situation for competing businesses and takes on a job as a code-breaker for the government. John meets and marries Alicia, but he soon discovers that marriage and the pressure of his job are too much. He must overcome extreme obstacles and pain, including the risk of losing more than a job. A Beautiful Mind stars Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly and Ed Harris. IT IS AWESOME, if you haven't seen it you should. Awesome directing and acting, winner of 4 Academy Awards (including Best Picture) and a powerfully moving story about the hardships and triumphs of one man.
~Lizzie
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Summary: Excellent movie
Review: One of the best movies I have seen recently. The movie revolves around John Nash - the Nobel Prize Laureate on Mathematics - and his unique problem, Schizophrenia. John is a genius, in fact, egoistical genius, and he cannot lose on his passion Mathematics. In an environment of smart people around, John is finding himself difficult to identify but believe it, he is an extraordinary genius. He could decrypt complex patterns in no time. Unfortunately there are a couple of more fictitious people he has too - a good friend, who listens to him, motivates him and guides him (Charles), Charles' niece (Marcee) and a CIA Agent (William Parcher) - owing to his problem and he creates his own world for them and lives with them. The director has pointed out one thing clearly - most of the psychological problems can be cured more by the self than any medication. John realizing that Marcee is not growing with age is a wonderful scene to exemplify this. The drugs do not help him recover from his problems and the trouble John faces is portrayed very nicely. To his support is his wife Alicia. Russel Crowe has given his best performance even though he over-acted in couple of instances. Overall, a good movie worth watching. Highly recommend.
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Summary: excellent
Review: This is one of the best ever made ... it even follows the PBS documentary fairly close.
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Summary: A Big Disappointment...
Review: After all the hype and Oscars, I thought I'd better get around to watching "A Beautiful Mind". While the first half of the film steers you completely and deliberately in the wrong direction... which is very clever when the secret is revealed, after this the second half of the film seems to go downhill toward a typical Hollywood-esque weepy finale. While I really tried to like the main character, Mr Nash, I found I didn't really care! After the closing titles rolled, I felt the film was desperately trying to out-do "Shine".. but with all the film's fancy camera work and ageing make up, it didn't quite manage it. If you want to watch a film about mental illness which has great acting and real emotion... Watch "Shine"!
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