Only superficially beautiful

Rating: Null/10 (9 July 2002)

While this film was certainly a well refined, polished product of the Hollywood film machine, I felt that it lacked real depth and purpose. There is nothing necessarily wrong with a film made to please audiences; it's the fact that this one insists on taking itself so seriously that irks me. Russell Crowe turned out a reasonably impressive performance, but If you want to see Jennifer Connelly show off her acting abilities to a far greater extent I'd recommend "Requiem for a Dream". The dialogue was slightly stiff and cliched, and the actual facts of the story were strained almost beyond recognition. However, the real flaw does not lie within the film itself, but rather the hype surrounding it. "A Beautiful Mind" has been purported to be a great film of mind altering proportions, when in reality it is merely another flimsy product of audience appeasement. "A Beautiful Mind" has no more depth than "Ace Ventura, Pet Detective", although the latter surely lacks the arrogance.