A Beautiful Mind

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

2001 2h 15m EN

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7.9

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8.2

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★7.9TMDB · 11,459🍅74%Rotten Tomatoes●72Metacritic★8.2IMDB · 1,052,138

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Synopsis

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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.

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

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Cast

Russell Crowe
John Nash
Jennifer Connelly
Alicia Nash
Ed Harris
William Parcher
Paul Bettany
Charles Herman
Christopher Plummer
Dr. Rosen
Adam Goldberg
Richard Sol
Josh Lucas
Martin Hansen
Anthony Rapp
Bender

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ron Howard
Writers: Akiva Goldsman, Warren Drummond, Brick Mason
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $58M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.5× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

CAST

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338+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ron Howard, shot by Roger Deakins. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by James Horner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Daniel P. Hanley shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly and Ed Harris carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Ron Howard directs. Roger Deakins behind the camera. James Horner scores. Daniel P. Hanley cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $58M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 5.5× over at the box office.
325 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4338+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Ron Howard, shot by Roger Deakins. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by James Horner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Daniel P. Hanley shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly and Ed Harris carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "He saw the world in a way no one could have imagined.".
10IMDB entry: tt0268978 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1111,459 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
12Classified under 29 themes, including "schizophrenia", "based on novel or book", "love of one's life", "self-discovery".
13Released under 14 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Original score: James Horner
Editing: Daniel P. Hanley
Production design: Wynn Thomas
Makeup / hair: Greg Cannom
VFX supervisor: Kevin Scott Mack
Sound: Chris Jenkins
Stunt coordinator: Peter Bucossi
Runtime: 135 min · 2h 15m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $58,000,000
Box office: $316,791,257
Return: 546% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes: 74% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 72/100
IMDB rating: 8.2/10 · 1,052,138 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

Won 4 Oscars. 37 wins & 69 nominations total

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Academy Award for Best Director
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film

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CinemaSerf2024-04-07
★ 7/10
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.

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