How to make an Oscar winning movie...

Rating: 6/10 (9 March 2002)

This movie should be the template for any idiot who wants to make an award winning movie. First pick up a book and make sure it's a biography. Nothing sounds more award worthy than the "based on a true story" line. Now start with the clichés: The perfect award winning role for best actor is a mentally challenged person with a remarkable ability (Forrest Gump, Rain Man, Shine, etc.) add a martyr wife who supports the main character's eccentric view of the world (Pollock), make it look like a period thing, have some decent cinematography a proven director, then, start preparing your
speech for Oscar night. That's it.
I'm not saying A Beautiful Mind is boring, or silly. It's in fact a competent film that delivers. Problem is, it's not the best film of the 2001. That privilege falls under Memento, and possibly Amelie or Lord of the Rings depending of your taste. Unfortunately, there's a formula to win Oscars which these three films didn't follow.
Good for them. Enjoy A Beautiful Mind. It's a good movie and at least it did the formula right. Unlike Ali.