Not a "true" Biopic, but makes the cut

Rating: 7/10 (16 November 2009)

Right, so with over a thousand comments (or reviews; whichever way you want to put it) why should you read this one if you chanced upon this? Well coz' this is about as honest as it can get from a pure movie-lover.
If you want to really find out about the guy (John Nash) on whom this movie is based on, then you're better off reading about him on Wikipedia or watching a documentary called "A Brilliant Madness". While this movie appears to be a biopic on the genius-troubled-mathematician John, it actually portrays a lot of factual errors. So flawed as it may be it does come good in showing the spirit of the guy in discussion which no one dares question.
I actually didn't enjoy the movie completely mainly because I saw through the script some time back even though I didn't know anything about the movie before watching it. I guess when you have seen quite a lot of movies on similar themes such as Fightclub, The Machinist... where the central character imagines things and people that are not, it's not hard for you to "predict" what's gonna happen. But then as the movie neared it's end I realized the movie is not so much of a puzzle as it is about the life of a brilliant mathematician told through a movie. So I started appreciating the movie at the end and it's suffice to say that I wasn't totally disappointed.
The movie is best enjoyed without any strings attached; cos' the movie actually takes a lotta liberties with the original book it was based on. But the biggest flaw in my view has to be Russel Crowe who doesn't seem to fit the role he'd been given. I'd rather see him play roles like The Gladiator and these kind of roles should be reserved for more versatile actors like Johnny Depp. All in all a 7/10 seems good enough for this one.