The Russell Crowe Show.

Rating: Null/10 (25 April 2002)

This is a fantastic movie. It left so many parts of Nash's life out, and parts of it were not historically accurate, but it was more than easy to fade that all out and just watch.
Ron Howard is not one of my favorite directors, but I appreciate him a lot more after this. Ron Howard's schtick is being able to make any story nice. I mean, were he to do Angela's Ashes, the family would trip into a hole filled with money and live happily ever after. He certainly proved his transforming abilities with this movie.
In reality, Nash was an arrogant, anti-Semitic, gay wife beater with annoying quirks. (I do know that to be true.) In the movie, he was hunky, genius, and his mannerisms were adorable. He loved his wife, and they never got divorced and remarried, like Nash.
I always knew Russell Crowe was fantastic, and this just reinforced it. (As a person, I think he's kind of annoying, but he is astonishingly talented.) He was the backbone of this movie, without Crowe, this movie would've fizzled and dried up. He was great. He amazed me throughout the entire film.
I recommend this movie, if only to see Crowe's performance. Incredible.
My Grade: A+