A Beautiful Mind

A Beautiful Mind (2001) starring Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer and Paul Bettany.

Before...previously Akiva Goldsman had written some true stinkers like Batman Forever, Batman and Robin and Lost in Space. All in all this made me very nervous. How could a man like him produce a good script?? Sufficed to say I really needed to be convinced.

A brilliant but somewhat arrogant and antisocial man, John Nash (Crowe) preferred to spend his time with his thoughts, which were primarily of seeing mathematical formula associated with everyday occurrences, than with people. Two people he did make a connection with were Charles (Bettany), his roommate at Princeton, and Alicia Larde (Connelly), one of his students when he was teaching at M.I.T. in the early 1950's. He and Alicia eventually marry. As time goes on, Nash lives more and more within himself which causes major problems in his life. But Alicia stands by her husband to his redemption to the Nobel Prize win. Nash learns that his graduate school colleagues, with whom he had a cordial but somewhat distant relationship, are closer friends than he imagined, although in his later life he really does miss Charles' company more than anything despite knowing that spending time with Charles is not in his or anyone's best interest.

My wife's view..."Fantastic. Russel Crowe is a genius. I love Paul Bettany, so that helps. It's a very clever film and I always cry, without fail. It's kinda sad and scary, but I do love it. I think it is very unique as well. It's a must watch for me. ★★★★★"

Where to start...a dark and wonderfully crafted film. Akiva Goldsman has created a true masterpiece with this script and it was a true suprise to me that he wrote something so truly brilliant. Not only is the script brilliant but the direction is also fantastic. Ron Howard is a true genius of his craft. All of his films are either fantastic summer blockbusters or really dramatic masterpieces. It is brilliant and this film truly shows off his talents.

Crowe is also fantastic in this film. It is a true stand out performance by him and not only that but he is backed up by a stellar class. Ed Harris as a Government Agent, Bettany as Nash's room mate, and Connelly as Nash's wife, all of them are wonderful in this film.

That for me is the best way to describe this film, it is simply wonderful. Clever and scary, dark and brooding, there is nthing about the film that I don't like. Which is why I am giving this film...