You can only say this film is average at best. (mild spoiler).

Rating: 5/10 (29 December 2002)

I've never really liked films which glorify people while they're still alive and despite all the problems we see Nash go through, there is just something wrong with it, it all seems very vain. Like when Margaret Thatcher and Bobby Robson unveiled their statues here in England recently, tributes like that should be reserved for the dead.
Besides, the film wasn't very good anyway, I didn't really think Crowe was Oscar material as Nash mumbling with that silly accent through it all. Connelly (I can't believe that was the girl from 'Labyrinth'!)dutifully just did what she had to and the relationship between the two was wooden at best. Ron Howard never really made us understand how any woman could be attracted to this man, probably because we never got to appreciate Nash's genius as we saw him most of the time as a right weirdo.
Having said all that, I liked the idea that the 'doctors' this time were actually trying to help him and not conventionally the bad guys. I only wish I was able to leave the cinema understanding more of why Nash won the Nobel prize and the contributions he gave us. Still, the film has just enough intrigue to keep the ball rolling. 5/10.