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Summary: A Beautiful Movie
Review: A Beautiful Mind is a dark look into the mind of a schizophrenic Mathmetician, who is brilliant, and the obstacles he must overcome in order to get a grip on his life.There is a major twist in this movie that caught me off gaurd and had me going "Wha..." but it's fun to realize something you've believed is false. As a young man at Princeton, John Nash (Russell Crowe) meets a friend (Paul Bettany) who encourages him to be more social and more active. But he's more focused on his work. Later he becomes a professor and meets the lovely Alicia (Jennifer Connelly) and the two eventually become amrried. During this whole thing, he meets a CIA agent (Ed Harris) who tells him that he's the codebreaker they need to find where the Soviets are hiding their bombs. Then the twist arrives as Alicia becomes aware somethings wrong. Nash must undergo a disturbing scene of shock therapy and then he's put on medication. But one day he refuses to take his meds, and Alicia discovers he's at it again. With her help, he pulls through, and eventually wins the Nobel Prize. Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly are excellent, and I don't mean excellent...I mean EXCELLENT. They are absolutely fantastic,and both SHOULD win Oscars for their roles, Crowe for Actor, Connelly for Supporting Actress. This movie is also, I'm afraid, going to be the movie that beats out Lord of the Rings for best movie. Don't get me wrong, it was great, but Lord of the Rings was arguably the best movie of the year. Also, in the past five years, four movies that Russell Crowe has stared in have been nominated for Best Picture (Including A Beautiful Mind...it's a lock in for Best Picture nominations)...do you think that's telling you anything about his acting ability,and plus, this'll be his third consecutive nomination, and possibly second consecutive win. Go get 'em!
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Summary: A piece of Life
Review: Great, Wonderfull, real life. Russel another Oscar nomination, if not well a great mistake. The history is simple but complex, powerfull. In a few words, The best. Fight with all of you to win a place in the world. No more.
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Summary: A Beautiful Masterpiece
Review: A Beautiful masterpiece. I saw this film whilst vacationing in Las Vegas. Russell Crowe deserves to win another Oscar for his portryal of John Nash. Tell all your friends, A Beautiful Mind is the film to see for 2002.
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Summary: AWESOME MOVIE: A MUST SEE
Review: Russell Crowe really makes you believe he IS the character John Nash. Excellent acting. Coming from a person who is disabled by Bipolar Disorder I can totally relate and it is a realistic view of the mind of a schizophrenic. I saw it twice and then bought the book.
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Summary: Powerful story of the disintegration of a genius.
Review: John Forbes Nash was a genius who came up with an original mathematical idea (Nash's Equilibrium) that eventually won him a Nobel Prize. In this movie, loosely based on Sylvia Nasar's biography (also called "A Beautiful Mind,") Russell Crowe plays the troubled mathematician to perfection. Jennifer Connelly turns in a moving performance as Nash's long-suffering wife, Alicia. Nash is a shy and eccentric undergraduate at Princeton when we first meet him. He seems out of step socially, but he is always thinking about new ways to tackle mathematical problems. Although he does come up with an original idea which brings him the fame he has always wanted, he does not get to enjoy the fruits of his efforts for very long. John Forbes Nash is suffering from a severe mental illness and it eventually takes over his life. Crowe and director Ron Howard effectively demonstrate the insidious nature of Nash's illness. Connelly, as Alicia, wants to be a supportive and loving wife, but she eventually realizes that she does not have the power to heal John. However, she doesn't withdraw her love from John, and Nash relies on Alicia as he struggles to regain his sanity. Much has been made about the fact that the movie distorts Nash's life, omitting certain important facts and distorting others. This is a valid criticism, but Howard never claimed that he was making a documentary. He admits freely in a disclaimer that this movie is based on Nash's life; it is not meant to be a literal accounting of everything that Nash did. As a searing character study of a man who was both creative and unwittingly self-destructive, "A Beautiful Mind" is unforgettable. Crowe and Connelly both deserve Oscar consideration for their finely nuanced performances.
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Summary: A Beautiful Mind
Review: Yes, I just went to go see the stunning film A Beautiful Mind. It was a film of drama and realitly of what can happen when people have scitzophrania. This is a great film for anybody seeking drama, phycoligically scary movies, and great ending to any movie. I urge you to see this movie...It's wonderful
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Summary: When someone asks you if you liked "A Beautiful Mind"...
Review: it is difficult to say yes. There is a lot not to like - a film that is untrue to the Nash biography written by Sylvia Nasar (if you see the film first, don't read the book; it will spoil it for you), one that plods its way through Nash's Princeton years and then leaves the viewer unprepared for the fact that, if you blink, you will miss the 30-40 years during which Nash struggled to recover, too little of Charles (the roommate, played admirably by Paul Bettany), and too much of Parcher, played (rather well) by Ed Harris. No, you won't enjoy it. But you will find yourself engrossed by it, and you will relive parts of it in your mind for days, because "ABM" has staying power. Most of the intensity given off by Russell Crowe is expected, given his skill in the Gladiator, and his incredibly gifted performance in "The Insider". He does not disappoint here, and, without him, Ron Howard would not have been able to draw the viewers in so completely before Nash's schizophrenia is exposed. Indeed, when you start to realize that what you have been watching in the first half of the movie is really not true, just part of Nash's delusions, you are completely taken aback by Crowe's and Howard's skill. It is disappointing that the most difficult part of life and marriage, learning to live the long years with the disability, with all the hopes and dreams shattered and just the reality left for the Nash's to cope with....is run over is such a roughshod manner by Howard. There is one poignant scene that does help to bring the film home much more than the ending "Nobel Prize" scene....and that is the scene at Nash's classroom door, as the Nobel visitor watches, Nash's students come out of his class with obvious exhiliaration, and it is evident that they care very much for this strange professor. His teasing of one of the young students helps you to realize that there are, indeed, moments of normalcy in his adult life that help to make up for the despair. A beautiful and haunting film with a fine (although not award-winning) performance by Jennifer Connelly....Crowe deserves the Oscar, Howard does not. And the film? Easily remembered, much to be admired, but...can't hold a candle to the tale of the Hobbits.
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Summary: Everyone should see this movie
Review: This movie is one of those movies that should be viewed by
all ages,classes of people and most of all anyone who has
taken for granted there mental well being and has never
questioned there ability to think that those kind of things
only happen to others.It includes some of the best acting by Russell Crowe and just about all the characters in this movie.Ron Howard has outdone himself on this one.It is a intriguing keep your attention movie on a subject most try to
stay away from.
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Summary: Sensitivity and intelligence
Review: In "A Beautiful Mind" we see not only the beauty of John Nash's genius, but the beauty of his portrayal by a truly intelligent actor. The more I think about this film the more I admire it. I think it needs to be seen more than once to fully appreciate it. I am a relatively recent admirer of Russell Crowe, but I don't think there is any other actor with the range and ability he has to offer. The movie also inspired me to read Sylia Nasar's book, and to view as many other Russell Crowe movies as I could find. This actor has a real gift for coming across honestly in whatever part he plays. John Nash is a rather frenetic character. He is a little bit like the absent-minded professor completely absorbed in his own world, who is excited by the ideas presented to him by the workings of his mind. Not a social person, and at the onset of his illness, his mind creates illusions that are consistent with his real life in many respects. We, the audience can find believability in the events we are shown because of who and where Nash is. Ron Howard does a great job of melding the real with the illusion. Crowe shows Nash's lack of comfort with other people and the fear and confusion that his illusions create-and that made me feel uncomfortable watching him at times. But I think he was right on. Scenes at the height of Nash's illness allow for an appreciation of how much control he gains over his life later. Jennifer Connelly's performance is outstanding in "A Beautiful Mind" as well. She's the one who gives Nash something to hang onto. Connelly portrays an intelligent, caring woman, and is very believable. I see Ed Harris's character as an admirer of Nash who becomes a nightmare, and as Nash's illness comes under control, so does the nightmare - played very deftly by Harris. This is a very complex, heart-warming film and can't be taken as a medical expose. Its the best film I've seen in awhile. And if nothing else, I think you would go away with an appreciation of its lead actor.
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Summary: THIS IS A WONDERFUL TRUE LOVE STORY LIKE NONE OTHER
Review: tHE HOOPLA THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON ABOUT THE SCREENPLAY NOT BEING TRUE TO THE BOOK IS NONSENSE. HOW can you squeeze a very long biography (very well written) into two hours? Impossible.
What I would like to say that the screenwriter is a genius. For perhaps the first time you, yourself discover what it is like to be metally ill. It shows you how these people are treated by the public. But most of the credit has to go to Russell Crowe who gives a performance that should earn him an Oscar. It seems that wouldn't be enough. He becomes Nash...and at the end, looks exactly like him.He is probably the best actor working today. Watch his eyes...they tell you so much that is going on inside his mind. Jennifer Conelly is perfection, as beautiful as Alicia was, and still his. I hadn't seen Jennifer before this, but I hope they give this very talented women more wonderful dramatic roles.I have seen the film twice. Once at a preview and then at the theatre. I noticed so many things I had missed in the first viewing. The displays of love between Nash and his wife are so sweet and heart rending. Kudos to Ron Howard who deserves an Oscar. People always complain he is too saccherine. He has added the bitter with the sweet, and made a movie that will not be forgotten for a long, long time!
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