| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Ryan Ellis |
| More than ever, it's a shame that Russell Crowe won an Oscar for the
lukewarm 'Gladiator'. He sandwiched performances in '99 and '01 ('The
Insider' and 'A Beautiful Mind', respectively) that were far, FAR better
than the brawny performance which...more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Heather Wadowski (Rating: 4/4) |
| Reality aside, A Beautiful Mind is the perfect film that will have viewers
questioning reality from make believe until the credits roll. And now, with
hours of bonus material and a flawless 1:85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer,
the film is more...more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| I was dreading to see this film because I am not a big fan of Russell Crowe or
director Ron Howard. The preview struck me as being the latest in the
inspirational works of real-life folks, watered down and sentimental. To my
surprise, I enjoyed "A...more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Eugene Novikov (Rating: B-) |
| A Beautiful Mind, a long, eventful, simplistic biopic
of troubled mathematician John Forbes Nash, purports
to make schizophrenia accessable to us "sane people."
It does so by cheapening the tragic disease to the
point where an uneducated viewer might...more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: C+) |
| A BEAUTIFUL MIND (director: Ron Howard; screenwriters: Akiva Goldsman/based on
the book by Sylvia Nasar; cinematographer: Roger Deakins; editors: Mike Hill/Dan
Hanley; music: James Horner; cast: Russell Crowe (John Forbes Nash Jr.), Ed
Harris...more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 4/4) |
| Directed by Ron Howard. Screenplay by Akiva Goldsman, based on the book
by Sylvia Nasar. Starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris.
Running time: 135 minutes. Rated AA for mature subject matter by the MFCB.
Reviewed on January 13th, 2001. more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Jonathan F. Richards |
| Movies about living people are a tricky business. John Nash, a Nobel Prize
winning mathematician/economist, still teaches at Princeton and, according to a
note at the end, still walks to work every day – not far, one hopes, considering
the...more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Rose 'Bams' Cooper |
| A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
Rated PG-13; running time 135 minutes
Genre: Drama
Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan)
Official site: http://www.abeautifulmind.com/
IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0268978
Written by: Akiva Goldsman (based on...more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Karina Montgomery |
| Beautiful Mind was interesting for two reasons. One, it's based on a true
story, which always makes a mind thrill to the notion that anything that
seems outlandish or weird has to be there because it is true. Two, Russell
Crowe is not generally cast as...more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 7/10) |
| CAPSULE: Inspired by a true story, but taking very large
liberties, this is the story of John Nash, a mathematical
genius but a social misfit. His career goes down
unexpected paths when he agrees to help the OSS fight the...more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001) 3 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Russell Crowe, Ed
Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Vivien Cardone,
Judd Hirsch, Josh Lucas, Anthony Rapp and Christopher Plummer. Music by
James Horner. Cinematography by...more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Edward Johnson-Ott |
| A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Adam
Goldberg, Vivien Cardone, Judd Hirsch, Josh Lucas, Anthony Rapp,
Christopher Plummer. Music by James Horner. Cinematography by Roger
Deakins. Screenplay by Akiva...more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Robin Clifford |
| Based, in part, on the biography of the life of Nobel Prize winner John
Forbes Nash, Jr. by Sylvia Nasar and, in part, on the imaginings of
screenwriter Akiva Goldsmith, director Ron Howard brings us the story of
one man's struggle to overcome...more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Universal Pictures/ Dreamworks Pictures/Imagine Entertainment
Director: Ron Howard
Writer: Akiva Goldsman, inspired by the book of the same name
by Sylvia Nasar
Cast: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul...more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Susan Granger's review of "A BEAUTIFUL MIND" (Universal Pictures)
When nerdy John Forbes Nash Jr. arrived on the Princeton University
campus in 1947, he knew he was brilliant and was impatient for recognition from
the rest of the world. "I'm...more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 9/10) |
| PLOT:
Based on the true life of a brilliant mathematician named John Nash, this film
presents us with the man's life from the day that he got into Princeton
University through to his brilliant discovery, his secretive work for the
government, his...more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: A) |
| John Forbes Nash Jr. (Russell Crowe, "Gladiator") was quirky, socially inept,
egoistical and a mathematical genius at Princeton University in 1947. His
paper on game theory, developed observing his peers pursue a blonde, challenged more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Blake French (Rating: 5/5) |
| I hate math. I've always hated math. It gives me a pounding headache. It
would take a miracle to convince me of its value. But A Beautiful Mind
has accomplished the impossible; after watching the film, I have a new
appreciation for math as an art, and...more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Ron Howard's A BEAUTIFUL MIND, according to the press notes, is "inspired by
events in the life of" John Forbes Nash Jr., a Nobel prize winning mathematician
whose groundbreaking work has been applied to such wide ranging practical
subjects as the FCC's...more |
| A Beautiful Mind Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| If there's one thing Oscar voters love, it's bestowing awards upon actors
who portray real people. But if you can somehow land a role in a biopic
about a person with some kind of mental or physical handicap (or, better
yet, die in some awful and/or...more |
