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Summary: Pretty good
Review: I did like this movie, I didn't htink it wa steh most amazing movie ever but it was a nice stylized trick of having us deeply inside of his delusion before it's revealed that they are just that. That was a nice touch and I think that Russell Crowe is a very good actor. I'm always amazed at how much he can change himself to accommodate the character as seeming real.
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Summary: Beautiful Mind, Beautiful Film
Review: Outstanding acting, depicting the life of John Nash, Russell Crowe is excellent! Heartbreaking story and yet one which shows the brilliant nature of people when they are in situations that would seem almost impossible to deal with, until they are forced to that is!This film really is a must-see, lots of twists and turns, plenty of laughs and many tears, both on and off the screen. I recommend this film, without a doubt, truly amazing!
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Summary: Must see
Review: Excellent filmography and cinematography. If your the scholarly type, this movie will be motivating.
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Summary: Well done
Review: John Forbes Nash has the ability to see patterns in math and nature that are ordinarily overlooked. He presumably is pressed into using his ability for the government. Alicia comes into his world and as with many great loves, she sees what others call weird, as a cute uniqueness. We follow their courtship and then life together. It is the little things and the interaction among friends that make the movie. This movie captures your attention from the beginning. You may be able to anticipate what is happening however it is not meant to be a dark secret with a twist ending as much as letting you in on what he is going through to survive. All the characters are fleshed out and you feel that you are there. This movie leaves a good after taste.
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Summary: Beautifully Acted
Review: The story of John Nash was superbly told by director Ron Howard. Russell emersed himself in this role to the point that he was John Nash.Again,I think everyone on this film should have gotten an oscar.
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Summary: Beautiful Acting
Review: Not being particularly interested in mathematics or economic theory, I had no real desire to see A BEAUTIFUL MIND during its theatrical release, but found myself renting the DVD. I was thoroughly engaged by Russell Crowe's performance! It was masterful acting at its best - he was able to convey John Nash's brilliance and intellect as well as his descent into schizophrenia without making it into a caricature. It was if he became John Nash and it's hard to believe he didn't win the Best Actor Oscar (politics at work, perhaps?) Jennifer Connolly did a magnificent job as Nash's wife, Alicia, and certainly deserved her Oscar. The chemistry between the two was palpable. There were a number of subtle hints in the film that the people figuring in Nash's life weren't real - watch closely. The movie's soundtrack works well with the film, and Charlotte Church's haunting voice only adds to the beauty of the score. A couple of negatives - while I enjoyed the movie, it was at times overly sentimental and the problems faced by Nash seemed too easily overcome. Also, while the credits do indicate the movie is based on Nash's life, there was much that was omitted...an illegitimate child, homosexual encounters, divorce. To get a much better sense of John Nash's hard-fought struggle to triumph over his mental illness, read Sylvia Nasar's biography, A Beautiful Mind: The Life Of Mathematical Genius And Noble Laureate John Nash.
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Summary: JOHN FORBES NASH the genius also schizophrenic
Review: In his veritable illness, JOHN FORBES NASH, a sudden morning was presuming that: " I've seen a strange message from E-T ! And only me is able to understand this secret code ! "
But Ron HOWARD has prefered or liked better to characterize allternatively this spended ilness ! He has found a strange story with suspicious active K.G.B. ! ... With some ghost in his brillant mind !
But JOHN FORBES NASH was concordant ! So, thus, it's a very good story real or not !
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Summary: Not Entirely Accurrate but...
Review: First things first. Ignore the one-star reviewer that indicts this movie as a "cookie cutter" and "the bastard child of Fight Club and Good Will Hunting."... However, the reviewers that explain that the movie isn't one-hundred percent accurrate are correct...but who cares? This was the BEST movie of last year. It is a step up from the slapstick lowest-common denominator trash that Hollywood ordinarily proliferates (it deserves 5 stars for that alone), and at last deals with a valid topic--schizophrenia (I apologize if I misspelled). At least this movie is on par with Reader's Digest if it is a step away from The New Yorker. To the flaws of the movie... I was dissappointed that the movie didn't show some of Nash's childhood, which would have stood as a foreshadow to the terrors of his later life. Nash's mental oddity was prevalent in his young years--he tortured furry little animals and tried to electrocute his sister. I was also bummed that it didn't picture the social issues he had as a youth in his boarding schools which couldn't have been helpful to his volatile temperament. The movie also should have shown the fact that he had a first wife and a CHILD with her out of wedlock. They make him seem like some sort of intelligent Forrest Gump. Finally, they should have pointed out that Alicia divorced him. They make Alicia look like the paragon of moral guidance and perserverance (she was a good person but they make her look nearly PERFECT). Even in the DVD special features they have her sitting next to Nash all happy-go-lucky. Many of the ommissions may have been to avoid exceeding three hours and have the movie labeled an epic. Now the good parts...the movie is ingeniously directed, and many parts of Nash's persona are quite realistic. It is entertaining, and that's all I really ask for from the degenerate Hollywood anymore. The acting is superb--especially by Russel Crowe. The movie actually gives a nice picture of what schizophrenia must be like (however, they ommitted the non-visual aspects like the imaginary phone calls that John heard in his head). Final thought? The movie deserved Best Picture, even if it isn't perfect, it was the best. I recommend you research Nash a bit, and read up on Game Theory before you watch it. I knew John was a schizo coming into the theater so there really wasn't much surprise for me...but you should see the film definitely.
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Summary: The story of a tormented intellectual
Review: For those of us who have read the novel by Sylvia Nasar, this movie will come as a complete surprise. I remember sitting in the theatre in complete confusion thru portions of the film. The confusion, however, was finally replaced by the realization of what the makers of this movie were trying to do.
The 3 imagined characters were pure fiction and much of the movie was highly fabricated. The film also entirely omitted the object of Nash's first affair, Eleanor, as well as the son he fathered by her, John David. As all good movies do, this film had its reasons for proceeding thus. The story is about Nash's courtship and marriage of Alicia. It was during this period in his life that he experienced his biggest bouts with mental illness, which is also central to the theme. To have included Eleanor and John David would have made the movie much longer and the film would have lost its focus. As for Nash's illness itself, to give an accurate account would have made the film wander about without any real direction (which is exactly what Nash himself DID do for several years). The 3 fictional characters are installed to bring the film a cohesive plot as well as a storyline with a considerable degree of symmetry. Ron Howard does an outstanding job directing this film. The cast, featuring Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Christopher Plummer and Jennifer Connoley, is magnificent. Particularly impressive is Crowe as this role is so very different from his notable performance in GLADIATOR. This is a film that I would recommend everyone adding to their DVD collection. Movies about the lives of atheletes are commonplace, but films that detail the stories of intellectuals are exceedingly scarce. For that reason alone, I would admonish all persons to watch this movie. Ultimately, this movie is a REPRESENTATION of Nash's life as opposed to a glossing over of actual events. However, in Hollywood, as well as storytelling in general, style is something that may trump veracity. For those who want the full story I recommend Nasar's book by the same name.
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Summary: Cookie-cutter plot, acting, movie
Review: This is the bastard child of Fight Club and Good Will Hunting, and it inherited none of the good looks or wit of either. A real shocker of a film, it insulted my own intelligence with it's ham-fisted plot. The only highlight of the film was the surprise half way through (from which point, it loses all direction). What a turkey!
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