An overrated biopic created as an audience pleaser by a director better known as Opie.

Rating: Null/10 (8 July 2002)

This biopic is about as over-hyped as a Hollywood melodrama can be. It's a look at a real-life genius victimized by delusions of grandeur, but it really ends up being just another sentimental "love-conquers-all" romance from the dream factory. The clever presentation of the hero's fantasies is derivative and manipulative at best, and the wholesome vision of the Nash character is as sickeningly correct as the studio system demands. This is just a typical, so-called prestige, crowd pleaser that's simplistic and sentimental instead of intelligent and disturbing. A bourgeoise blockbuster with a sweet performance from Crowe. Connelly comes across as miscast. David Cronenberg or Oliver Stone could have had a field day with this material!