Russell Crowe deserved an Academy Award

Rating: Null/10 (17 February 2004)

John Nash (Russell Crowe), a native of West Virginia, was a maths genius at Princeton. His teaching career was going steadily, his future was promising and he met a beautiful, intelligent woman (Jennifer Connelly)in his class. By then he had been working on cryptography for a special agent (Ed Harris). He was later diagnosed with schizophrenia.
As the film progresses, Nash went through hospitalisation, intensive electric shock, was heavily sedated by his medication and watching his marriage and family life about to collapse. His career was nearly over. He then had yet another relapse. However, he managed to conquer it all and decades later came his triumph- Nobel Prize.
'A Beautiful Mind' vividly depicts schizophrenia and what it brought to one man's life. This movie is not to be missed. Russell Crowe is outstanding as the highly talented and yet tormented John Nash. I would vote for him for the Best Actor in a leading role Academy Award.