Ever try and intellectualize your fears away? See this film

Rating: 9/10 (11 January 2002)

Ron Howard seems to be at his best when proving the old adage 'truth is stranger than fiction.' Thumbing through all films he directed (thanks to IMDb!), I see his best films involve true stories or true subject-matter. Ask me if I've seen "Grynch."
With "A Beautiful Mind," Howard proves himself to be, truly, at the top of his game. This was one of the best films I saw all year and, to my mind, rivals "Apollo 13" for Howard's all-time best.
In keeping with other mindbenders of 2001 like "Memento," and "Mulholland Drive," "Mind" plays with perception in order to dunk you in more than one reality so as to give you a real appreciation for the separate plights of its characters. And you never know where the seam is until later. The plot starts you off in the heart of the artichoke and pulls you out ever so slowly, so, much like the main character, you can't fully appreciate the life lived in this story until much, much later.
Crowe is masterful as the lonely would-be genius *** light spoiler alert *** fighting to intellectualize his delusions and rationally counteract them by sheer force of will. If you've ever had to proceed with your life despite the most frightening set of circumstances, you will relate to the Nash character and his wife.
This movie review by Erik Gloor