This film changed my life

Rating: 10/10 (6 April 2002)

I've seen '' A Beautiful Mind '' three times in a week and I can say that I have never experienced so strong feelings watching a movie ! I knew almost nothing about the movie before. I thought it was a typical Hollywood movie and I don't like this kind. But as the film went on I was left speechless. Russell Crowe's playing was shattering. He really stole the performance ; in the movie you see nobody else but him. I have seen people suffering from mental illness on the screen before ( Shine, Ð etc ), but it is the first time an actor gets so much in the flesh of the role, without resorting to hyperbolic and easy tricks. It is also Ron Howard that deserves congratulations. The atmosphere of the film is unique, something that must also be attributed to James Horner's evocative music. I don't think I'm able to talk more about the movie and Russell Crowe's playing ; I just say that watching ''A Beautiful Mind'' was one of the greatest experiences of my life. I have watched all this discussion going on, about many incidents in John Nash's life being omitted in the movie and about others being changed. I don't think that the presentation of all actual facts in Nash life ( homosexual relationships, illegitimate child etc ) would make any difference. The central point of the story was a man with remarkable mental abilities, who struggled to distinguish himself, to prove he was extraordinary; and that due to schizophrenia this extraordinary man was almost vanished, but he fought his illness and finally showed his worth. That is what I saw in this story and what moved me so much. As far as the theme of schizophrenia is concerned, I think that the film doesn't say exactly that John Nash quit taking his medication. Of course, he continued having hallucinations, but this continued until the end of the film, when he said he was taking a new medication.I know the message of the movie is that John Nash fought schizophrenia with the power of his will ; but I also think the film, in a clever way, leaves the story a bit ambiguous. ''A Beautiful Mind'' really changed my life ; everyone should see it, so that they'll see their life change too! E.Komi, Greece