A Beautiful Mind is a spectacular portrayal that love IS blind!

Rating: 8/10 (13 October 2005)

I find that usually movies based on true stories are more appealing to watch. A Beautiful Mind was quite enjoyable to watch because although the story seemed so far-fetched, knowing that there were aspects of truth to it made the movie very interesting. Two things about the movie that I appreciated most were: 1)Alicia's love for John Nash and 2)the representation of a paranoid schizophrenic's world through their eyes.
People of the general public are often afraid to LIVE WITH(or near) schizophrenics, but are unaware of how much more frightening it could be to LIVE AS a schizophrenic. A Beautiful Mind provided a great depiction of the difficulties which a paranoid schizophrenic might have to endure. Russell Crowe's character, John Nash, provided viewers with a look at the scary world through the eyes of a paranoid schizophrenic. Crowe's character help others better understand that those who are "insane" are still human and are very well capable of feeling some of the same emotions that the "sane" people feel. Nash was able to relate and share the most important part of all human factors and that component was love. In subtle and indirect ways, love helped Nash realize that he was ill and love gave him the support to make it through his days. Nash was able to rebuild his life after schizophrenia through love and that makes me admire Alicia's strength to truly love him unconditionally.
I did some research on the real John Nash's life and it was not as beautiful as portrayed in the movie. However,on the plus side, he and Alicia are married and he is still a mathematician at Princeton.
I highly recommend this movie.