A little rant on a great movie

Rating: 9/10 (9 November 2008)

What can I say I like movies about Mental Health. This movie is about Professor John Nash who currently teaches mathematics @ Princton University. This man is one of the greatest minds in the world even winning the Nobel prize for his efforts.
So what separates this story from any other boring biography piece? Well that would be the fact that Dr. Nash has a Mental Health Disability. Now I'm not going to ruin things for you if you want to see the movie but I will say this...it is really well done. Ron Howard engineered the film in such a way to keep you guessing even when you feel you have a handle on things. Russell Crowe definitely gave the best performance of his life here. I still have a hard time believing that he gave the performance in the film. Jennifer Connelly also gives a good performance winning her the Best Supporting Actress Oscar. In the end I have to say there is little wrong with this movie....
From a Mental Health Therapist point of view I still have some hesitance in showing it to the population I treat as the tendency to glamorize things and even seems to point of even saying that the man managed to beat things by taking care of himself and not accepting treatment where the book shows the opposite effect. I do try and point out that the man still takes medications to this day. Either way there is no better illustration of mental illness in my eye so if you haven't seen this film then you really should.