With Sensitivity and Passion

Rating: 10/10 (14 March 2002)

John Forbes Nash, the main character, has a mind of a genius and suffer from paranoid schizophrenia. While a graduate in Princeton in the late 40's, he came up with his own "governing dynamic", a game theory - mathematics of competition, and after years of fighting his demons won the Nobel Prize in 1994. And this is a true story! Russell Crowe shows why he's a versatile actor by portraying Nash with sensitivity and passion. Jennifer Connelly did an excellent job as the woman who thought she was married to an eccentric man and did not leave his side after finding out about his illness. Ed Harris, Paul Bettany and Christopher Plummer did a fine job in their supporting role of "explaining and showing" the mindset of a schizophrenic. Trying to tell this story is not an easy task yet director Ron Howard did it without resorting to sensationalism. This movie gave me an insight of what a schizophrenic goes through on a daily life; not being able to distinguish between what's real and what's reality is frightening or using one's energy to push away the illusion is exhausting. WELL DONE TO ALL, ESPECIALLY TO RON HOWARD AND RUSSELL CROWE!