A Beautiful Mind (Widescreen Awards Edition)
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 9780783261430
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783261438
Label: Universal Home Video
Manufacturer: Universal Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Universal Home Video
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 135 minutes
Sales Rank: 2726
Studio: Universal Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: January 04, 2002
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Winner of 4 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, A Beautiful Mind is directed by Academy Award winner Ron Howard and produced by long-time partner and collaborator, Academy Award winner Brian Grazer. A Beautiful Mind stars Russell Crowe in an astonishing performance as brilliant mathematician John Nash, on the brink of international acclaim when he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. Now only his devoted wife (Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly) can help him in this powerful story of courage, passion and triumph.
Amazon.com essential video:
A Beautiful Mind manages to twist enough pathos out of John Nash's incredible life story to redeem an at-times goofy portrayal of schizophrenia. Russell Crowe tackles the role with characteristic fervor, playing the Nobel prize-winning mathematician from his days at Princeton, where he developed a groundbreaking economic theory, to his meteoric rise to the cover of Forbes magazine and an MIT professorship, and on through to his eventual dismissal due to schizophrenic delusions. Of course, it is the delusions that fascinate director Ron Howard and, predictably, go astray. Nash's other world, populated as it is by a maniacal Department of Defense agent (Ed Harris), an imagined college roommate who seems straight out of Dead Poets Society, and an orphaned girl, is so fluid and scriptlike as to make the viewer wonder if schizophrenia is really as slick as depicted. Crowe's physical intensity drags us along as he works admirably to carry the film on his considerable shoulders. No doubt the story of Nash's amazing will to recover his life without the aid of medication is a worthy one, his eventual triumph heartening. Unfortunately, Howard's flashy style is unable to convey much of it. --Fionn Meade
Average Rating: 
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- 3 stars out of 4The Bottom Line:
An often-moving story, A Beautiful Mind sometimes rambles or takes too ... Read More
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- A great love story and a great movieI'm very touched by the movie, especially the love of John Nash's wife to him. Love is patient, love ... Read More
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- A Beautiful MovieRussel Crow delievers again in this really well done movie. I enjoyed the story a lot and at some points ... Read More
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- A great insight into Mental IllnessI resisted this movie for awhile. I tend to rebel against anything or anyone who appears to be over-hyped. ... Read More
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- A Piece of My Complex MindRussell Crowe's portrayal of John Nash's life is simply superb. It will forever stand as the definitive movie ... Read More
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