Good acting helps

Rating: 7/10 (29 June 2002)

Russell Crowe is a good, versatile actor. Unlike most of the other box office stars, he is not just playing Russell Crowe. I'll never understand how the Academy works. Crowe should have won this year. Washington should have won years ago for Malcolm X. Crowe should not have won for Gladiator.

Jennifer Connelly was shockingly good. Before seeing this film, I did not think she could display such a wide range. And in all the stages of her character, I think its impossible not to empathize with her.

It's hard to comment on the subject matter without revealing the entire plot, but Hollywood needs a name for this genre. There are many recent films that feature main characters with this "problem." I do think the handling of the mathematics is well-done, but not shown enough. It really is an art on that level of expertise (I only understood maybe 30-40% of the math discussed in the film, and would have liked Ron Howard to present more of Nash's work).
Paul Bettany is excellent and Princeton rocks.