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A BEAUTIFUL MIND Stars: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris Rated: PG-13 Score: 8/10

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John Forbes Nash Jr. won the nobel prize. He was a math prodigy who early in his career made a discovery that later brought him recognition. He attended princeton but might be what you want to refer to as an introvert, eccentric. He didn't know how to be around people and spent all his time trying to come up with the one original idea that would win him praise and respect. He also was a paranoid-schitzophrenic. The story begins in the late 40's where he begins his schooling, feeling pressued by the fact that others around him were succeeding that he became obsessed with finding an original idea, a theory that could be proven which would give him opportunity and honor. Russell Crowe plays Nash, a peculiar guy who says all the wrong things around people since he has this habit of being too direct and analying everything. Everything, including human behavior becomes a mathematical equation for him...which pushes others away from him. Years later he is successfull, and begins to teach a class where he meets a student, Alicia, while very beautiful is intrigued by John. She doesn't behave as most girls have around him. John's world as the years go by begin to change, from some very intense scenes of things he has involved himself in with his work to how that is affecting his relationship with his wife. Alicia, who has by then married John, becomes an inspiration of hope and love. For it would be too easy for one to give up on somebody when times get hard but she shows a real force of determination in believing in her husband and staying by his side. Without giving too much away the film has many suprises in store for the audience that I would not divulge in. Connelly and Crowe give outstanding award winning performances, and the story itself allows the audience to not only see a story of a genius but allows them to really see into the world of a schitzophrenic. Tho it doesn't really seem to give enough medical detail as to the behavior history and outcome of the disease, it does interpret very well the chaos it creates in the life of the sufferer and those around him. Ron Howard, who directed, did a marvelous job at portraying a truly inspiring person. It isn't just a film about how a genius has to teach the world, but what the love of one woman had to teach him.

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