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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
--
Socrates
A BEAUTIFUL MIND
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A Beautiful Mind
manages to twist enough pathos out of John Nash's incredible life story to redeem an at-times goofy portrayal of schizophrenia. Russell Crowe tackles the role with characteristic fervor, playing the Nobel prize-winning mathematician from his days at Princeton, where he developed a groundbreaking economic theory, to his meteoric rise to the cover of
Forbes
magazine and an MIT professorship, and on through to his eventual dismissal due to schizophrenic delusions. Of course, it is the delusions that fascinate director Ron Howard and, predictably, go astray. Nash's other world, populated as it is by a maniacal Department of Defense agent (Ed Harris), an imagined college roommate who seems straight out of
Dead Poets Society
, and an orphaned girl, is so fluid and scriptlike as to make the viewer wonder if schizophrenia is really as slick as depicted. Crowe's physical intensity drags us along as he works admirably to carry the film on his considerable shoulders. No doubt the story of Nash's amazing will to recover his life without the aid of medication is a worthy one, his eventual triumph heartening. Unfortunately, Howard's flashy style is unable to convey much of it.
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Fionn Meade
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ITEM DETAILS
Consciousness Calibration Level:
500
Submitted by:
Joshua Fredrickson
Directed by:
Ron Howard
Starring:
Russell Crowe
,
Ed Harris
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Theatrical Date:
04 January, 2002
Release Date:
25 June, 2002
Manufacturer:
Universal Studios
Format:
Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
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