Maths can drive you crazy, I've always known it! :-)

Rating: 9/10 (25 November 2004)

At first I had my reservations about this movie. I never liked mathematics at school, so why should I watch a movie with a mathematician as the main character in it? Well, it may not have convinced me of the use of mathematics, but at least it convinced me that maths is able to drive you crazy (as if I didn't already know that for years).
No, serious now. It sure may seem a very boring movie and I'm not the kind of person that wants to see all bio-pics that have ever been made, but this time I was really surprised by it. I found it really intriguing to see how the schizophrenia took over the man's life. It was fascinating, yet also uncomfortable to see. This may well be the strongest as well as the weakest point of this movie. The strongest point because it gives you something to think about, the weakest because it seems to me (after reading some comments on this website) not many people still feel the urge to think while watching a movie. If there aren't any big explosions, guns and special effects to be seen, they are no longer interested in it.
Personally I liked the movie very much. Russel Crowe did a great job as Dr. Nash, but the other actors' performances weren't any less. All in all I would recommend this movie to anybody who isn't afraid to use his mind for a few moments during a movie and who doesn't need any special effects in a movie before believing it was a good one. I give it a 9/10.