Casting problems aside, the movie is astounding.

Rating: 10/10 (17 September 2003)

(spoilers)
although the movie at the end runs much like Mel Gibsons Tim, I certainly appreciated the movie. Being a fan of Geoffery Rush, since Les Miserables, I'd always wanted to watch this movie. It wasn't what I was expecting, but no harm done. He portrays the character like everything else he does. With a great sense of realism. He's not Geoffery Rush, he's David. I simply loved it.
Now some things Id like to hit out on. First, the casting. The family seems poorly cast. Now Mr. Stahl is great and wonderful, but he was around 65 at the time of the shooting of this movie. Much too old for the part. The actress playing the mother was just right, but when David was much older, she wasn't a day older.
Not much was played on his schizophrenia. The bed scene seemed like inspiration for Beautiful Mind. It might be because they wanted to focus more on his piano playing than his illness. Which I can understand.
I'd highly recommend this to drama fans. Wonderful film.
10/10
Quality: 9/10 Entertainment: 10/10 Replayable: 9/10