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A Beautiful Mind

Name: A Beautiful Mind
Released: 2001-12-14T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 7.9

He saw the world in a way no one could have imagined.

2001 • 135 min • ★ 7.9 (11,376) • Released

Drama Romance

From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.

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Original title: A Beautiful Mind
Language: EN
Country: US
Budget: $58,000,000
Revenue: $316,791,257

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Apr 7, 2024 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

Russell Crowe and Ron Howard make for quite a formidable partnership in this biopic of the acclaimed mathematician John Nash. Like so many folk with an acute scientific ability, his social skills bordered on the wrong side of inept and a combination of his good looks and his superiority complex soon lead him to a life that vacillates between the extremely happy and the downright depressing. There are maybe two people in his life whom he has made some sort of connection with. His Princeton college "Charles" (Paul Bettany) and the exceptionally patient "Alicia" (Jennifer Connelly) whom he met whilst teaching her and whom he eventually marries. Meantime, his brainpower has attracted the attention of Uncle Sam, and that's when he meets "Parcher" (Ed Harris) who embroils him in a plan to crack some top secret Soviet codes. The enemy also knows he's been drafted in to help and so he is soon a target for their assassins and their network of fifth columnists too. A combination of his own inherent insecurities and this way more palpable threat lead Nash to a paranoia that threatens to destroy himself and everything he holds dear. It's also a testament to Howard's direction that he manages to create quite a menacing character from the usually charming Christopher Plummer, whose "Rosen" is a dab hand with an hypodermic. Crowe is at his best here, his portrayal of this frankly rather selfish and obnoxious man is almost perfect and though I can't say I ever liked the character, nor felt especially sorry for his predicaments, I did feel invested in just how he could emerge from the internal conflicts he faced unsure of what was true and what was not. A bare minimum of romance to clutter it up and both Harris and Connelly contributing well to a story of a flawed yet brilliant human being makes this well worth a few hours.

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Cast 56

Russell Crowe

John Nash

Jennifer Connelly

Alicia Nash

Ed Harris

William Parcher

Paul Bettany

Charles Herman

Christopher Plummer

Dr. Rosen

Adam Goldberg

Richard Sol

Josh Lucas

Martin Hansen

Anthony Rapp

Bender

Jason Gray-Stanford

Ainsley Neilson

Judd Hirsch

Helinger

Austin Pendleton

Thomas King

Jillie Simon

Bar Co-Ed

Tanya Clarke

Becky

Thomas F. Walsh

Captain

Roy Thinnes

Governor

Cheryl Howard

Harvard Administrator

Rance Howard

White-Haired Patient

Josh Pais

Princeton Professor

Teagle F. Bougere

Young Professor

Michael Esper

John Nash Jr. (Young Man)

Jennifer Weedon

Brunette

Matt Samson

Princeton Student

Stelio Savante

Technician

Scott Fernstrom

Trent Humphres (uncredited)

Ron Howard

Man at Governor's Ball (uncredited)

Bryce Dallas Howard

Harvard Student (uncredited)

Brian Smyj

Army Soldier (uncredited)

Michael C. Pierce

Radio Operator (uncredited)

Alex Lorre

Technician (uncredited)

John H. Tobin

Shadow Figure (uncredited)

James Whalen

Construction Chief (uncredited)

Nick Oddo

Noisy Construction Worker (uncredited)

Ty Copeman

Doctor (uncredited)

Reggie Austin

Pen Ceremony Professor (uncredited)

Robert Myers

Professor (uncredited)

Dave Sweeney

Campus Cop (uncredited)

Berly Ellis

Princeton Tutor '78 (uncredited)

Michael Abbott Jr.

Princeton Library Tutor (uncredited)