Superb Acting by Russell Crowe

Rating: 8/10 (10 June 2002)

This film is certainly memorable for one reason - but one BIG REASON - the superb acting of Russell Crowe. He deserves three Oscars, not only one for his great part. The movie overall is too long, and too conventional for my taste. At no point do we get really the genius at work, and though the schizophrenic non-reality may be well emulated we have a hard time relating the characters into the social reality of their time. However, Crowe is present in almost every shot, and I have not seen such a treat since Dustin Hoffman's Oscar performances. I am now convinced that he is the best actor of his generation.