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A Beautiful Mind

- He saw the world in a way no one could have imagined.

From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.

Release Date : 2001-12-14

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal PicturesDreamWorks PicturesImagine Entertainment

Production Country : United States of America

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Cast

Character Name : John Nash

Original Name : Russell Crowe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alicia Nash

Original Name : Jennifer Connelly

Gender : Female

Character Name : William Parcher

Original Name : Ed Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charles Herman

Original Name : Paul Bettany

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Rosen

Original Name : Christopher Plummer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Richard Sol

Original Name : Adam Goldberg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Martin Hansen

Original Name : Josh Lucas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bender

Original Name : Anthony Rapp

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ainsley Neilson

Original Name : Jason Gray-Stanford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Helinger

Original Name : Judd Hirsch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thomas King

Original Name : Austin Pendleton

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Character Name : Marcee

Original Name : Vivien Cardone

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Original Name : Jillie Simon

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Character Name : Professor Horner

Original Name : Victor Steinbach

Gender : Male

Character Name : Becky

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Original Name : Thomas F. Walsh

Gender : Male

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Original Name : Jesse Doran

Gender : Male

Character Name : Analyst

Original Name : Kent Cassella

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Character Name : MIT Student

Original Name : Patrick Blindauer

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Original Name : Anthony Easton

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-04-07

Russell Crowe and Ron Howard make for quite a formidable partnership in this biopic of the acclaimed mathematician John Nash. Like so many folk with an acute scientific ability, his social skills bordered on the wrong side of inept and a combination of his good looks and his superiority complex soon lead him to a life that vacillates between the extremely happy and the downright depressing. There are maybe two people in his life whom he has made some sort of connection with. His Princeton college "Charles" (Paul Bettany) and the exceptionally patient "Alicia" (Jennifer Connelly) whom he met whilst teaching her and whom he eventually marries. Meantime, his brainpower has attracted the attention of Uncle Sam, and that's when he meets "Parcher" (Ed Harris) who embroils him in a plan to crack some top secret Soviet codes. The enemy also knows he's been drafted in to help and so he is soon a target for their assassins and their network of fifth columnists too. A combination of his own inherent insecurities and this way more palpable threat lead Nash to a paranoia that threatens to destroy himself and everything he holds dear. It's also a testament to Howard's direction that he manages to create quite a menacing character from the usually charming Christopher Plummer, whose "Rosen" is a dab hand with an hypodermic. Crowe is at his best here, his portrayal of this frankly rather selfish and obnoxious man is almost perfect and though I can't say I ever liked the character, nor felt especially sorry for his predicaments, I did feel invested in just how he could emerge from the internal conflicts he faced unsure of what was true and what was not. A bare minimum of romance to clutter it up and both Harris and Connelly contributing well to a story of a flawed yet brilliant human being makes this well worth a few hours.