The Viewer becomes schizophrenic ... amazing directing...

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 2001)

Without giving anything away, I was amazed at Ron Howard's film technique to out Hitchcock, Hitchcock! The viewer becomes highly, intimately involved with the lead character's condition by seeing what John Forbes Nash sees -unknowingly at first then surprisingly and brilliantly revealed without being tricked or melodramatic. The early treatment of mental illness, in this case schizophrenia, is graphically presented and portrayed, encompassing all the victims-both the person affected and the family/friends dealing with their loved one. It is not preachy, yet it teaches as much as any book or informative lecture(s).
Nuanced performances by Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris et al. A Beautiful Movie. Movie making at its best!!!