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Directed By
Ron Howard
Written By:
Akiva Goldsman
Cast:
Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Josh Lucas, Anthony Rapp, Jason Gray-Stanford, Judd Hirsch, Austin Pendleton, Vivien Cardone, Victor Steinbach, Tanya Clarke, Jesse Doran, Roy Thinnes, Rance Howard, Jane Jenkins, Josh Pais, Stelio Savante, James Thomas Bligh, Scott Addison Clay, Evan Hart, Ron Howard, John H. Tobin, Eva Burkley, Sean Dillon, Reggie Austin, Jill M. Simon, Thomas F. Walsh, Kent Cassella, Patrick Blindauer, John Blaylock, Anthony Easton, Cheryl Howard, Darius Stone, Alex Toma, Valentina Cardinalli, David B. Allen, Michael Esper, Tracey Toomey, Jennifer Weedon, Yvonne Thomas, Holly Pitrago, Tommy Allen, Dave Bayer, Brian Keith Lewis, Will Dunham, Glenn Roberts, Christopher Stockton, Gregory Dress, Carla Occhiogrosso, Matt Samson, Lyena Nomura, Kathleen Fellegara, Betsy Klompus, Logan McCall, Bob Broder, Reggie Austin, Lloyd Baskin, Sean Bennett, Cade Bittner, Dan Chen, Berly Ellis, Jonah Falcon, Fabrizio Fante, Scott Fernstrom, Gregory Gordon, Jason Horton, Charles McClelland, Reed Penney, Michael C. Pierce, Mills Pierre, Sean Reid, Ned Stuart, Dave Sweeney, Alex Tanaka, Jeffrey Christopher Todd, Erik Van Wyck, Teagle F. Bougere, Amy Walz, Isadore Rosenfeld, Tom McNutt, Ed Jupp Jr.
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A Beautiful Mind (2001)
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Movie Review by Jarrod 
December 16th, 2007
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'A Beautiful Mind' tells the story of John Nash, a brilliant mathematician, a Nobel Prize winner, and a victim of schizophrenia. His mental condition is so pronounced that he builds himself a world of total delusion; he believes he has been recruited by a shady government agent named Parcher (Ed Harris) to detect patterns and uncover secret codes, from the Soviet Union. He sees these patterns almost everywhere, in the New York Times, and many other magazines and newspapers. It is sad to see Nash in this state, but the movie pretends it is all real, and indeed fantasy and reality are so deeply intertwined it is difficult to tell them apart at times. Nash becomes increasingly more paranoid, believing that Parcher is pursuing him, not willing to let him go, after all he has discovered. The effects of this paranoia on John are crippling, and equally devastating for his wife, Alicia (Connelly), whom he met when she was one of his students. Paul Bettany is Charles, John's college roommate and friend, and one of the few people that John can apparently trust. John is socially awkward, he is clumsy around women, but Alicia finds him intriguing. John's research focuses primarily on game theory, which is still relevant even today, in a variety of disciplines, and it was for this that he would receive the Nobel Prize.
The depth of John's disorder is explored thoroughly, and most inspiring is how he is able to overcome it, in his later years, becoming famous and well-respected, and mending the wounds to his marriage, which remains intact despite all the hardships. This is, I believe, Russell Crowe's best performance. He won an Oscar for Gladiator, and was nominated for this, but his work here is superior. He is always convincing, with the West Virginia accent, and the superb make-up effects that age him by 40 years, but realistically, and not artificially. Connelly is wonderful in her Oscar-winning role. Ron Howard won for Best Director, and the film itself won Best Picture.
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