very good movie

Rating: 9/10 (14 January 2002)

**may contain spoilers**
I really enjoyed A Beautiful Mind. At a certain point of the movie I realized I was being manipulated and that they packaged the hallucinations and delusions of the mental disease schizophrenia into something entertaining for an audience, but I let it go and it didn't bother me.
After years of watching brain dead movies like Swordfish and Tomb Raider, my expectation meter is permanently set to low. So maybe a movie like this seems better than it is but the acting was great especially Russell Crowe. The dialogue was above average containing some subtle lines and didn't seemed dumbed down for the audience. Perhaps there were moments of over sentimentality, but I admit I got caught up in it and felt some emotion for the characters particularly toward the end.
Some critics are annoyed that some aspects of Nash's life were left out, mostly the unsavory ones which probably made him appear a more sympathetic character than he actually was in real life. Such as that he had some bisexual experiences. I understand that criticism but look, I don't want to see John Nash take a crap on screen nor do I want to see him fooling around with another man, so those critics should shut up. I don't see how a few gay scenes would have added to the story.
I highly recommend this movie and Crowe may win the best actor Oscar.