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A Beautiful Mind

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  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 15m
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Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind (2001)
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After John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.After John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.After John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.
IMDb RATING
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938K
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POPULARITY
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21
    • Ron Howard
    • Akiva Goldsman
    • Sylvia Nasar(book)
  • Stars
    • Russell Crowe
    • Ed Harris
    • Jennifer Connelly
    • Ron Howard
    • Akiva Goldsman
    • Sylvia Nasar(book)
  • Stars
    • Russell Crowe
    • Ed Harris
    • Jennifer Connelly
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    • 1.4KUser reviews
    • 159Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
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  • Top rated movie #143
    • Won 4 Oscars

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    Russell Crowe
    Russell Crowe
    • John Nash
    Ed Harris
    Ed Harris
    • Parcher
    Jennifer Connelly
    Jennifer Connelly
    • Alicia Nash
    Christopher Plummer
    Christopher Plummer
    • Dr. Rosen
    Paul Bettany
    Paul Bettany
    • Charles
    Adam Goldberg
    Adam Goldberg
    • Sol
    Josh Lucas
    Josh Lucas
    • Hansen
    Anthony Rapp
    Anthony Rapp
    • Bender
    Jason Gray-Stanford
    Jason Gray-Stanford
    • Ainsley
    Judd Hirsch
    Judd Hirsch
    • Helinger
    Austin Pendleton
    Austin Pendleton
    • Thomas King
    Vivien Cardone
    Vivien Cardone
    • Marcee
    Jillie Simon
    Jillie Simon
    • Bar Co-Ed
    • (as Jill M. Simon)
    Victor Steinbach
    • Professor Horner
    Tanya Clarke
    Tanya Clarke
    • Becky
    Thomas F. Walsh
    Thomas F. Walsh
    • Captain
    Jesse Doran
    • General
    Kent Cassella
    • Analyst
      • Ron Howard
      • Akiva Goldsman
      • Sylvia Nasar(book)
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The equations seen on the classroom chalk boards are actual equations written by the real-life John Nash.
    • Goofs
      There is no "ceremony of the pens" at Princeton University.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Rosen: Imagine if you suddenly learned that the people, the places, the moments most important to you were not gone, not dead, but worse, had never been. What kind of hell would that be?

    • Crazy credits
      The initial theatrical release (as well as the Canadian VHS equivalent) has the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 20th Anniversary variation of the Universal Pictures logo. Subsequent prints, starting from the home media releases, replaced the variant with the Universal Studios Home Video logo.
    • Connections
      Featured in HBO First Look: Inside 'A Beautiful Mind' (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      All Love Can Be
      Music by James Horner

      Lyric by Will Jennings

      Performed by Charlotte Church

      Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Limited

    User reviews1.4K

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    8/10
    seeing russell crowe in different view
    for some unknown reasons, i almost never liked crowe until i saw this movie. He played the role so beautifully and totally absorbed into being john nash rather that just a typical Hollywood actor. I bet he must have done his homework thousand times before finally bring it to the screen. The way he walks, the way he slide himself between the gate at the abandoned warehouse where he thought was a Russian secret movement operation center, the way he talks, in fact, everything, was portrayed perfectly that it actually concealed that very russell crowe that i never actually liked.

    The movie was somehow close to me as my uncle, who was a genius,also suffered from schizophrenia, but passed away years ago. I cried when nash was seen sitting on his house balcony because i remembered that was how my uncle used to sit for hours, solving puzzles. the only difference is that, nash had all the chances and supports from peers and the society but my uncle never did. It was a shame.

    Connelly was good as ever, and she had always seen carrying this type of role. Loving yet not so mushy, smart yet vulnerable at time.

    Despites all the comments about the movie not being so realistic and not really based on the facts of Nash, i still think it deserves one the of the most beautiful movies i had ever watched.
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    • Release date
      • January 4, 2002 (United States)
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      • Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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      • Dreamworks Pictures
      • Imagine Entertainment
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