A Beautiful Motion Picture

Rating: 9/10 (16 September 2007)

I was shocked not to see this film in the IMDb Top 250. This is arguably Ron Howard's finest work to date. Based on the true story of John Nash, "A Beautiful Mind" is an entertaining, enlightening and passionate drama which tackles the tribulations of a mathematical genius suffering from schizophrenia.
Nash is played by Academy Award winner Russell Crowe (for his portrait of Maximus in "Gladiator"). In my opinion, this is Crowe's finest performance up to date, in which he was nominated for the "Best Actor in a Leading Role" Oscar but only being beaten by Denzel Washington's flawless work in "Training Day". (Actually, Sean Penn was even better in "I Am Sam"). Jennifer Connelly also gives us an honest portrayal of the confused but devoted Alicia Nash, which earned her the Oscar for "Best Actress in a Supporting Role". The rest of the cast was superb.
The amazing work by Howard, Akiva Goldsman and Brian Grazer enabled the movie to have an excellent screenplay and of course, a film is only as good as a screenplay would allow it to be.
A true masterpiece. 9/10