Russell Crowe is a Beautiful Mind

Rating: 10/10 (28 March 2002)

In any movie the stars always take control of our lives for a couple of hours. But a great actor takes complete control until you idealize them and beg for more, more, more..I put Russell Crowe way up top that pedestal. You might say that to high for Russell Crowe but I say not. You had to see him five times to detect his all the theatrical tricks and see the artistry of a real genius. For in art and in literature, as it is, yes, in sports, it's the difference that really counts. In The Gladiator, Russell Crowe was all hunk and is ready to kill or die anytime, giving his life for the justice. He was all the raw rippling power of a professional warrior, all that a man could ever want to be. He fears neither man nor beast. Filled with faith for God and Country. In The Beautiful Mind, Russell Crowe was the unlikely nerd in college, sexy professor, and - lo and behold! an old man-Crowe as John Nash. A mathematical genius trapped in the wild world of schizophrenia, and the gladiator had completely disappeared. It brought me to tears and had the theater applauding at the end. That was something I have seen since Gone with the Wind. Now that's a Winning combination and will always keep me coming back.