Too much syrup in the end.

Rating: 7/10 (25 December 2005)

Effective scenes. That's all this movie is all about. Ron Howard directing scenes as well as he can with great actors. There are even some surprises in the film in the start, but the ending is so typical "we will overcome" story, that it ruins the pretty and effective scenes of the beginning.
Russel Crowe is John Nash, a mathematician with schizophrenia. The films start is all about what is real and what is not. Is Nash really a part of secret government code breaking group or does he just imagine all it and so on and so forth. That really is the best part of the film. After the reality and fiction become separated we are shown so mush syrup, that only Ron Howard is capable of doing that.
This film wouldn't work without Crowes performance as disillusioned Nash, but he has great supporting cast. Jennifer Connelly does great job as Nashes' wife, who tries to understand be supportive. Ed Harris has a nice role as secret government agent.
As said, effective scenes in the beginning determined the score I gave to this film, but the there just is too much syrup in the ending for me to give bigger score.