A Psychological Thriller, Important Story, and Flawed In One

Rating: 10/10 (26 January 2020)

I won't be the first to say that Ryan Howard may have done a poor job at accurately representing the life of John Forbes Nash. However, I will be one of the first to say that that isn't completely the point. Depending on how you look at it, "A Beautiful Mind" can be either a biopic or just another movie. If you look at it as a biopic, then "A Beautiful Mind" would not be the greatest of Hollywood movies. But, if you disregard the fact that this is indeed a retelling if John Nash's life (which, unfortunately, it is), then this is not only one of the most powerful movies of 2001, but of the 21st century. This would be a touching story about facing your demons and an important telling of the struggle of mental illness.
But, unfortunately, this is partly biopic, and therefore cannot be considered perfect. But, for all of its imperfections, one cannot ignore that essentially, it's a powerful look into schizophrenia. Again, though, Nash was misrepresented...