A Beautiful Mind (2001)

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	Year of first release: 2001
	Director: Ron Howard (Apollo 13, The Da Vinci Code, EdTV)
	Actors: Russell Crowe (Noah, Gladiator), Ed Harris (The Truman Show, A History of Violence), Jennifer Connelly (Requiem for a Dream)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 14.05.2018, VOD, 32" TV screen.
Synopsis: John Nash (Crowe) is a brilliant but asocial mathematician starting his studies. His life will change when he meets Alicia (Connelly) and starts his dream-job.
Review: I hadn't seen this movie in maybe 15 years, and had forgotten how good it was. It belongs to this category of movies about cursed geniuses like The Theory of Everything that I have recently seen, or Good Will Hunting that I think I never have. It is based on a the true story of the real John Nash and even if the events have been tweaked for better cinematographic impact, I found that it is a very poignant story and that Russell Crowe, at the height of his career just after Gladiator, delivers a fantastic performance. He is in tandem with Jennifer Connelly, more beautiful than ever, as they will again be in the 2014 Noah. And more good actors complete the cast like Ed Harris, Christopher Plummer and Paul Bettany that took me a few minutes to replace as the voice of Jarvis and then Vision in Marvel movies like Avengers: Infinity War. I also found the story to be well built, with a twist at mid-movie that makes you wonder what is there left to tell, then be surprised by the resolve of the main couple in front of the difficulties they are facing, and touched by the ending. Definitely a great movie.
Rating: 8 /10