great drama with a twist in the middle

Rating: Null/10 (20 January 2003)

This is a really good movie. Russell Crowe is great and definitely deserved the Oscar for this more than for Gladiator. The acting is top notch. And the story really lets an outsider see into the mind of someone with schizophrenia.

(SPOILERS): I knew this was about schizophrenia, but I was shocked half way through the movie to find out the roomate and little girl were all in his mind. That was a great twist. I knew all that Russian spy stuff was all made up ahead of time. And the baby in the tub scene was really great and showed how this disease is not only sad, but can make the afflicted person dangerous. But, I think in real life Nash's wife divorced him, so I think that should have been in the movie. (END OF SPOILERS)
FINAL VERDICT: Great. The story flows along smoothly. It is not boring even though one may think it would me since it is about a mathmatician. A must see.