a disgraceful and irresponsible film

Rating: 1/10 (5 April 2004)

I have experienced schizophrenia first-hand: I have a brother suffering from the disease.
I have also read Sylvia Nasar's brilliant biography of John Nash.
Against that background, I have to say that the film "A Beautiful Mind" is a reprehensible example of filmmaking.
It's a complete fabrication of the real story of John Nash. And it's also an irresponsible and grossly inaccurate picture of mental illness and its devastating effect on the family.
This movie has taken a very sad story of a man with mental illness and turned it into an absurd fairy tale.
That this film would be showered with awards is only more disgraceful. It shows how the elite in Hollywood are completely out of touch with reality.
The true story of John Nash is not told in this film. Nor is it any way an accurate depiction of mental illness.
It's nothing short of revisionist trash.