A Beautiful Mind Reviews
Christian Science Monitor
Russell Crowe is a sensational actor who can apparently do anything he sets his own beautiful mind to, and he brilliantly portrays Nash from college days to retirement age.
Top CriticThe result is mainstream moviemaking at its highest, most satisfying level.
Matt's Movie Reviews
Cynics will hate it, but others will rightfully see it as a great cinematic accomplishment which is backed by excellent performances, great direction, a moving score and exquisite cinematography.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Common Sense Media
Oscar-winning biopic is too intense for tweens.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Suite101.com
Crowe, Goldsman and Howard aren't trying to solicit love or tears for John Nash, as detractors bitterly claimed. "A Beautiful Mind" sought only acknowledgement of the silent, invisible and brave struggle that so many with mental illnesses endure each day.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Consistently engrossing as an unusual character study and as a trip to the mysterious border-crossing between rarified brilliance and madness.
eFilmCritic.com
I can't deny how solidly it's crafted, how well-acted, and, wonder of wonders, how intelligently written and directed.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Big Picture Big Sound
I particularly enjoyed the fact that Nash comes across as quite fallible in the film despite his attempts at perfection. His character in the film is as unpredictable as I would expect the real Nash to be.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Director Ron Howard's deftness in suggesting the subjective experience of Crowe's character, who's later diagnosed with schizophrenia, makes for inspirational narrative, but certain plot points are so reductive.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Despite serious omissions from Nash's real-life (homosexuality, anti-Semitism), Ron Howard's middlebrow treament of the subject makes for an enjoybale film largely due to the compelling performances of Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly.
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| Original Score: B
Empire Magazine
If this were fiction, it would be an example of superior storytelling, and it's certainly gripping.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Oregon Herald
In every facet, it should have an automatic date with Oscar.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Crowe...disappears into the character just as he did when he played tobacco whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand in The Insider.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
... Crowe disappears into the role of John Nash and proves again that he is one of today's most versatile actors.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Entertainment Today
Exceptionally acted, smartly scripted, superbly directed -- a beautiful thing.
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| Original Score: A
Film Quips Online
This film is a puzzlement in its inconsistency, especially coming from Ron Howard...Still, good performances abound.
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| Original Score: 4/5
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)
'As straightforward fiction, this is solid feelgood fare, but the fact that it's based on a real person, real success and failure opens it up to far greater scrutiny.'
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| Original Score: 3/5
Nick's Flick Picks
A different film might have been made about a wider sampling of Nash's experiences, but it wouldn't necessarily be a better film, and it certainly wouldn't be this film.
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| Original Score: B
