A Beautiful Mind Critic Reviews

The film makes more apparent than ever that Howard is quite underrated as a filmmaker, possibly because he's been hidden in full view in the mainstream for so long.Read the full review

Crowe brings the character to life by sidestepping sensationalism and building with small behavioral details.Read the full review

Crowe sometimes summons up one of the most powerful depictions of mental illness I have ever seen with barely an eyelid flicker separating manifestations of sickness from utterly sane displays of creative concentration.Read the full review

There is more to admire in A Beautiful Mind than you might suspect, but less than its creators believe. When the film does succeed, it almost seems to do so despite itself.Read the full review

The kind of expression of emotion that touches a deeper chord.Read the full review

Sadly, Howard blands out in the final third, using old-age makeup and tear-jerking to turn a tough true story into something easily digestible. Until then, you'll be riveted.Read the full review

Inspiring and largely unsentimental, this is as much a love story as a tale of courage.Read the full review

As Nash gets closer to Crowe's own age (and level of dissipation), the performance settles down and becomes first credible and then overwhelming. This is a stupendous piece of acting.Read the full review

The movie can -- indeed, should -- be intellectually rejected, but you can't quite banish it from your mind.Read the full review