Ryan Scott
13th June 2007, 09:41 AM (09:41)
I re-watched this one this week for the first time in several years (perhaps since it came out in theaters, although I don't remember).
This is an essentially true story about Dr. John Nash, a Nobel Prize winning mathematician who has suffered from sever mental illness for much of his life. This is the film where Ron Howard actually won an Oscar for Best Director and is probably his most complete film. Russell Crowe plays Nash from his time as a grad student at Princeton until, essentially the modern day. Jennifer Connelly plays his wife. There is a long list of fantastic actors in the cast as well.
I don't want to get into much plot, but the film does a wonderful job of putting us in the head of someone suffering from mental illness. Obviously, Nash can't really describe what the illness is like, so the director and screenwriter had to be creative and did so exquisitely. Ultimately the movie is about love and the grand connection that holds people together when the situation is beyond the capabilities of one person to handle.
There is a beautiful monologue in which Connelly explains why and how she remained with her husband through the worst of his illness. Certainly for those of you who are married will appreciate the understanding of being a part of something larger than yourself.
Great movie.
This is an essentially true story about Dr. John Nash, a Nobel Prize winning mathematician who has suffered from sever mental illness for much of his life. This is the film where Ron Howard actually won an Oscar for Best Director and is probably his most complete film. Russell Crowe plays Nash from his time as a grad student at Princeton until, essentially the modern day. Jennifer Connelly plays his wife. There is a long list of fantastic actors in the cast as well.
I don't want to get into much plot, but the film does a wonderful job of putting us in the head of someone suffering from mental illness. Obviously, Nash can't really describe what the illness is like, so the director and screenwriter had to be creative and did so exquisitely. Ultimately the movie is about love and the grand connection that holds people together when the situation is beyond the capabilities of one person to handle.
There is a beautiful monologue in which Connelly explains why and how she remained with her husband through the worst of his illness. Certainly for those of you who are married will appreciate the understanding of being a part of something larger than yourself.
Great movie.