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Summary: Excellent Film, but left a lot out...............
Review: After reading the autobiography of John Nash, I discovered that there is so much more to his life that was left out of the movie. In the movie, they someone touched on the fact that he was homosexual, however, the book went through about 4 or 5 relationships he had with men prior to marrying Alicia. He also had an affair with an older woman and had an illegitamate son with her whom he did not acknowledge until his mother insisted he pay child support some years later.
The movie, on an upper note, was supurbly done and Ron Howard should get much recognition!
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Summary: Great movie gets great DVD treatment
Review: Maximum enjoyment of the first viewing of this film requires NOT KNOWING previously something which I won't divulge here.... although wise and experienced movie critics such as Roger Ebert went ahead and "spilled the beans" in their reviews.That being said, this film is a modified account of the life of Nobel winner John Nash, and I can think of no film that does a better job of "getting inside the head" of one of the world's great thinkers in a way that a regular joe like me (and presumably, YOU) can understand. It's also a fine love story, and though John Nash wins the Nobel prize, Alicia Nash easily takes the noble one. The DVD comes with many extras with the two highlights being separate commentary tracks from director Ron Howard and writer Akiva Goldsman. The film, in a remarkably time-efficient fashion, ably demonstrates that genius is not only frequently tortured, but that it consists of epiphanal moments of inspiration interspersed with hours of hard labor to "flesh out" the inspiration. Bravo John Nash, Alicia Nash, Ron Howard (directed), Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Paul Bettany, Christopher Plummer (principal cast), Brian Grazer(produced), James Horner (composed a wonderfully appropriate score). See the best picture of 2001.
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Summary: Typical Hollywood Tripe
Review: Far and away one of the most overrated movies of the last few years. Good acting, terrible script and music; very predictible (in fact cliched). There are far better movies of this type out there.
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Summary: The Best
Review: The best movie of the year and the best performance by Crowe, Harris and Connelly. Crowe was robbed by a payback award to Washington who deserve it for "Hurricane" but not for"Training Day" Well done DVD
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Summary: well done!
Review: I thought this was a good movie. OK, it may not be completely accurate, but no one could argue about Russell Crowe's top notch performance. I can't believe Denzel beat him out of the best actor award. He steals the show.
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Summary: WOW!!! Mind Blowing
Review: I recently watched A Beautiful Mind with my boyfriend this last week. I watched it for a psychology class that I am taking. I was amazed by the acting in this movie. I was also astonished by this being a true story. In our society today, someone like John Nash would be crucified. His extreme knowledge would be dismissed. I believe that Ron Howard did an excellent job directing this film.
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Summary: It Doesn't Get Much Better Than This
Review: No matter what anyone else says, this one will remain one of the best films for a long time to come. Crowe's reputation will rest on it for
the rest of his life (a couple more like this and he can join the great ones - it would help if he can keep his home in Coff's Harbour
though!) This DVD version belongs in every serious film collector's library. It also belongs in every teacher's collection because of the message it
brings and the way it touches our humanity.....why we have achieved what we have and what the hope is for our survival. And finally
(and most importantly) because it makes an academic a hero....and we need so much more of that in our lives. Personally I found this film to achieve everything that Shine didn't. The DVD version is great because it gives you a crystalline
soundtrack without too many extras packed onto it. You won't regret adding this one to your collection, believe me!
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Summary: Excellent, but not truthful
Review: This is an excellent movie, however, it is not truthful. For example, the loving, caring, supportive wife depicted in this movie actually, in real life, left her husband only two years after he had schizophrenia. They only recently reunited. I was extremely disappointed to discover this. Also, in real life, he did not see visual hallucinations--he only heard voices. I guess this is typical of Hollywood to take a true story and twist the truth to make it sell. Excellent movie, but certainly disappointing in the above mentioned areas.
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Summary: It Hooked Me
Review: There are some problems with seeing a movie for the first time a few months after it's release. You read reviews and the side articles, and an image appears in your mind as to what you are about to see even before you see it. You read how much of the movie is fiction. You read (and read and read) articles about how Russell Crowe is such a jerk. And then you actually see the movie. With all the above baggage, there is added about halfway through the film a turn that throws you for a loop. Not exactly the same way as "The Sixth Sense" or "The Others", but the same in the sense that you are jolted into rethinking what you have been shown. Unlike those other two movies, where the shockers are at the end, and it explains everything, in this movie, it appears in the middle. You now have the rest of the movie to decide if you've been cheated. Without revealing anything, I'll say, like the other two movies, all the clues are there if you've paid attention. So I liked it for that, and I liked it for the performances. I didn't like Russell Crowe in "Gladiator" because he was too much of a superman. But in this one you get to see a performance of a character who probably thinks he is the smartest person in the world, and therefore somehow evolutionarily above just about everyone else. To see some humbleness being introduced when this crumbles is done very well. When he regains his prestige, however, he descends into another kind of hell, and it's not so much the descent as the recovery that is heartwarming. Once again, he finds he has to interact with other humans to truly find happiness. There is also a great supporting cast, especially Jennifer Connelly. During the first part of the movie, there is nothing special there, but as Crowe's illness reaches dangerous levels, how she takes over is work that deserves the Oscar she got. Considering she has to interact with someone who most of the time would prefer not to interact with anyone, how she finally gets into his world helps make the movie a joy to watch.
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Summary: One and Only Extraordinary Movie
Review: A Beautiful mind is an astonishing movie.It is one of the best movies I have seen.Crowe plays John Forbes Nash Jr., a brilliant real-life mathematician and Nobel Prize winner, now in his 70s, who's also a real-life schizophrenic. But when we first meet him as a Princeton graduate student, he's just another eccentric genius, a loner obsessed with finding a truly original idea.It's also an amazing flim because it explains about the illness schizophrenia and makes people understand about the illness and it makes them learn more about schizophrenia.It also makes me like it even more because it just shows no matter how ill you are, if there is somebody to support and give you courage it may cure a bit of the illness just.Jennifer Connelly goes away with an Oscar for best supporting actress. It is always difficult to avoid getting lost in the presence of an actor as powerful as Russell Crowe, but Connelly stays right with him, delivering a moving performance as Nash's steadfast wife.Ron Howard has done excellent work as a director for which he has gotten little credit over the years. With this film comes a best director Oscar and a best picture Oscar and finally the recognition he deserves. Howard has always been good at presenting human stories, be they comedy or drama such as the ones he has so far directed:Splash, Cocoon, Backdraft, Apollo 13.A great deal of dramatic license is taken since Nash freely admits that he has little recollection of the years when he suffered from the disease. The powerful speech at the end of the film where he thanks his wife after receiving his Nobel Prize is pure Hollywood. DVD features include commentary by Ron Howard, deleted scenes with Howard's commentary, meeting John Nash, special effects featurette, and more. Oscar winner for best picture, best director, best supporting actress and best adapted screenplay. A must to your collection. If you like this movie I would reccomend Rat Race.
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