A Beautiful Film

Rating: 8/10 (19 May 2011)

This film is really good. It seemed to start of a bit slow and some of the early scenes, involving Mr Nash at Princeton were a bit boring for me. There are a couple of good scenes at this stage however, such as when they visit a bar and Mr Nash deduces him and his comrades potential success rates with a group of young co-eds.
Moving on...the film really picks up pace by the time you hit the half way mark and there are some quite brilliant scenes involving Mr Nash, Mrs Nash and the schizophrenic illness that is a having a profound and wearing effect on them both. Mr Nash is in denial, whilst Mrs Nash is at her wits end. When Mr Nash does finally come to his senses it is the result of what is is quite a harrowing scene, and the revelation is filmed beautifully. From this point on the film becomes more and more interesting as we follow the different strategies Mr Nash develops in order to cope with his illness, some of which are successful, others are not.
Anyhow, to conclude, the film is a really great portrayal of somebody with a schizophrenic disorder (and I'm schizophrenic so I do have a clue - though I do doubt it is a degenerative disease as is suggested in the film) and everything from the acting to the scripting is really good and like I said, once you get past the first 45minutes of the film, the up to this point, merely passable film becomes a 4*(8/10) take on mental illness and of course John Nash's brilliant work.