Academy Award for Best Picture, 2001You are the reason I am... you are all my reasons. - John Nash
Regardless of how many times I watch this movie, it never gets old. The outstanding story line focuses not only on the trials Nash faces as his disorder progresses, but the intimate love story of support between him and his wife Alicia. As much as I enjoy Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly's portrayal of Alicia in my eyes steals the movie. Her interactions with Crowe make the pair a perfect onscreen couple, and her powerful performance of a woman dealing with her husband's fall from grace is simply outstanding. Her Oscar for the Best Supporting Actress was very much so deserved.
Again, the soundtrack to this movie is another of my personal favorites. Although James Horner might be most well-known for providing the backdrop for the on-screen sinking of Titanic, in my opinion A Beautiful Mind's score is a by far more moving work.
After doing a little Wikipedia searching, I found out a couple of interesting facts about the real John Nash that were purposefully left out of the movie. The first being he was married several times, and the second he was known for having several hetero- and homosexual affairs. These facts were left out to not only make the relationship between John and Alicia seem stronger but because director Ron Howard did not wish to associate homosexuality with mental disorder. The last thing they left out was Nash's real out-of-wedlock child, who was born when John was in his 20s. The movie version of the mathematician is a much more pure man by nature. Regardless of these changes, it is still a wonderful, wonderful highly recommended movie.
5 stars out of 5
3 comments:
This movie will forever be tainted for me because of Pat Fanelli, who spent his early college years spouting off nonsense about finding an "original idea."
Oh Nick... I think think you just tainted it for me, as well. Patrick Fanelli aside, still a great movie.
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