The true story
of prominent mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. is the subject of this biographical
drama from director Ron Howard. Russell Crowe stars as the brilliant but
arrogant and conceited professor Nash. The Prof. seems guaranteed a rosy future
in the early '50s after he marries beautiful student Alicia (Jennifer Connelly)
and makes a remarkable advancement in the foundations of "game
theory," which carries him to the brink of international acclaim. Soon
after, John is visited by Agent William Parcher (Ed Harris), from the CIA, who
wants to recruit him for code-breaking activities. But evidence suggests that
Nash's perceptions of reality are cloudy at best; he is struggling to maintain
his tenuous hold on sanity, and Alicia suspects a diagnosis of paranoid
schizophrenia. Battling decades of illness with the loyal Alicia by his side,
Nash is ultimately able to gain some control over his mental state, and
eventually goes on to triumphantly win the Nobel Prize. Based loosely on the
book of the same name by Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind (2001) co-stars Paul
Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Anthony Rapp, Christopher Plummer, and Judd Hirsch. ~
Karl Williams, Rovi
Rating: 77% http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beautiful_mind/
Rating: 8.1/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268978/
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