Cowe does it again

Rating: 10/10 (2 January 2006)

A stellar performance from a stellar actor. Thought he was a flash in the pan with Gladiator eh? Me too. We were both wrong. He has proved one thing beyond doubt. He can do anything on film and it works. He indeed was robbed of his deserved Oscar and he indeed earned it in A Beautiful Mind. Superior direction from Howard combined with Russell's talent made it an Oscar favorite. The film does leave out several periods in his life story but I found that those additions only would have served to detract from the masterpiece instead of make it smoother or more "factual". This is a story about life, love, sickness, and genius. It is also a story of a triumph of the human spirit. The spirit urges us forward when the mind fails and the heart is not willing. It makes you feel things that most people can never hope to understand. Best film of 2001.