Monday, February 21, 2011

A Beautiful Mind (2001) - 3 stars

One Sentence Plot Summary: Based on the real life of John Nash, a genius mathematician who suffers from schizophrenia.

Starring: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Christopher Plummer, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Josh Lucas, Anthony Rapp, Jason Gray-Stanford, Judd Hirsch

Best of: Strong leading performance from Crowe.

Worst of: Viewers get frustrated right along with the characters as the mental illness wears on.

Notable: Many events from the biography of John Nash were left out of the screenplay, including divorce, homosexual affairs and an arrest.

1 comment:

  1. The "notable" is what pissed me off so much.... total hollywood-ization of a true story. Plus I kind of hate Russell Crowe movies.

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