A Beautiful Mind

Universal Pictures | Release Date: December 21, 2001

8.1	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 470 Ratings

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ChristopherPJan 23, 2009

Heartlessly inaccurate, exploitative, and slandering. It takes mental illness along with John Nash's life and unsympathetically lies to you just to earn Oscars. It portrays the mentally ill as violent and the mental health world as an Heartlessly inaccurate, exploitative, and slandering. It takes mental illness along with John Nash's life and unsympathetically lies to you just to earn Oscars. It portrays the mentally ill as violent and the mental health world as an incompetent sham of an institution. It fabricates and overstates virtually every aspect of John Nash's life for the sake of more melodrama. It's not impossible to think that the mentally ill were further stigmatized and slandered by this astronomically overstated portrayal of both schizophrenia and John Nash's own experience with it. It's so mind-bendingly insensitive and callous to its source material that it's an unrestrained travesty that it exists, much less win eight Oscars. It shamelessly deceives solely for that purpose alone. Deserves no praise, since it is all manufactured exclusively for that.… Expand

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samnachosSep 10, 2014

This guy, Nash, going to an ivy league school should have been able to
research possible causes of psychosis/delirium. Could he not suspect
heavy metals such as lead, with his extensive training? The doctors refuse to detox patients? HowThis guy, Nash, going to an ivy league school should have been able to
research possible causes of psychosis/delirium. Could he not suspect
heavy metals such as lead, with his extensive training? The doctors
refuse to detox patients? How hard is it for people to understand lead
poisoning and the dangers of heavy metals? The doctors could have used
heavy metal chelation. They could do it for the navy in the 1960's but
for regular people no? Mr Nash should have had proper treatment,
instead of them leaving him sick and calling it an awful illness. Then,
glamorizing it as a Hollywood spectacle. Come on help these poor
people.… Expand

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psyquickSep 4, 2018

Even if you ignore the fact that Nash's homosexuality was completely ignored, what about his first son who was never mentioned? The one he failed to support financially. What about his strained relationship with his wife? What about theEven if you ignore the fact that Nash's homosexuality was completely ignored, what about his first son who was never mentioned? The one he failed to support financially. What about his strained relationship with his wife? What about the ridiculous and non-factual introduction of his imaginary friends, which are used as a Greek chorus by director Ron Howard because he couldn't move the story along any other way. Badly filmed Hollywood whitewash.… Expand

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bcoolJan 29, 2012

too conventional and too sweet considering that it's about an unconventional life of a genius mathematician. certainly not the best of 2001 ( a great year for movies).

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SydmwswyJun 23, 2022

Artificial
Toxic movies that I hate forever I really believe that films like this harm not only the cinema but also our world
After watching this movie, I had nausea with the noble knowledge of mathematics. Russell Crowe and JenniferArtificial
Toxic movies that I hate forever I really believe that films like this harm not only the cinema but also our world

After watching this movie, I had nausea with the noble knowledge of mathematics. Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly were the worst choices for these roles. This movie can't even make proper use of its very flawed script. A child's game in the world of politics and scientists. Everything in it seems too artificial.

There is no positive point in this picture except an incomplete explain of a messy story. The ending of the film is awful and tries to deceive the audience. As the opening of the film is more awful and we don't know what kind of person we are facing. In my opinion, if Russell Crowe did not act in the movie and only read the dialogues, the result would be much, much better. At least we saw a human mathematician.

I have seen his American Gangster Phil. It was very good there. Nothing is received from him here. A biographical documentary is even more beautiful.… Expand

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AmACheeseburgerMay 16, 2014

tHIS MOVIE SUCKS! dON'T WATCH IT! DUDE IS A SOCIOPATH, AND THE STORYLING IS LAME, WITH A BUNCH OF CUSS WORDS! tHOSE WORDS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE BLEEPED OUT!

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TinaB.Jul 22, 2006

Sugar-coated, inaccurate and manipulative drivel that is only rescued from the depths of utter unwatchability by Connely's stand-out performance.

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