Beautiful EVERYTHING in this beautiful film

Rating: 10/10 (3 June 2004)

***POSSIBLE SPOILERS*** "A Beautiful Mind" ranks as one of the best films I have ever had the privilege to understand, a monumental achievement on multiple levels in film. To begin with, the performance of Russell Crowe as the troubled, delusional mathematician John Nash borders on sheer perfection- astute, collaborative (of Nash's estrangement with the world), and potent; Crowe constructs a character so veritable and bewildering that you always marvel his genius and symphathize with his illness. The film chronicles a brilliant, yet socially flawed, mathematician. Nash dissociates with the world, dismissing the company of others for sketching and calculating curious situational equations----on his dormatory window. Struggling with "books, classes", Nash finally emerges as a gifted mathematician with a law for governing dynamics, and succeeds from Princton to Wheeler Labs at M.I.T. Assigned by "Big Brother" to investigate potential communist coding in various publications, Nash is soon propelled into a dizzying world of fright, turmoil, and delusion, as his accomplished genius is almost obliterated by mental illness. The film focuses intensely on Nash's battle with schizophrenia, with brilliant direction, beautiful music, and potent,engrossing dialogue. The second standout performance here is the beautiful Jennifer Connelly, who compassionately plays Nash's wife, Alicia, supporting the film whenever we lack to understand Nash and his trauma. The film succeeds in its story of a mathematician plagued by schizophrenia with realism and empathy. Every instrument of constructing this story is suitable, if not excellent. Simply put, "A Beautiful Mind" delivers the most beautiful potency in its success of engrossing us with John Nash, the most important genius of his time, and detailing his truly, bizarrely, remarkable life. **** out of ****