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7.9/10 • 10K

2001-12-142h 15m

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He saw the world in a way no one could have imagined.

From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.

Directors
Ron Howard
Writters
Akiva Goldsman
Editors
Mike Hill

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  1. Russell Crowe

    Russell Crowe

    John Nash

  2. Jennifer Connelly

    Jennifer Connelly

    Alicia Nash

  3. Ed Harris

    Ed Harris

    William Parcher

  4. Paul Bettany

    Paul Bettany

    Charles Herman

  5. Christopher Plummer

    Christopher Plummer

    Dr. Rosen

  6. Adam Goldberg

    Adam Goldberg

    Richard Sol

  7. Josh Lucas

    Josh Lucas

    Martin Hansen

  8. Anthony Rapp

    Anthony Rapp

    Bender

  9. Jason Gray-Stanford

    Jason Gray-Stanford

    Ainsley Neilson

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Apr 7, 2024

7/10

Russell Crowe and Ron Howard make for quite a formidable partnership in this biopic of the acclaimed mathematician John Nash. Like so many folk with an acute scientific ability, his social skills bordered on the wrong side of inept and a combination of his good looks and his superiority complex soon lead him to a life that vacillates between the extremely happy and the downright depressing. There are maybe two people in his life whom he has made some sort of connection with. His Princeton college "Charles" (Paul Bettany) and the exceptionally patient "Alicia" (Jennifer Connelly) whom he met whilst teaching her and whom he eventually marries. Meantime, his brainpower has attracted the attention of Uncle Sam, and that's when he meets "Parcher" (Ed Harris) who embroils him in a plan to crack some top secret Soviet codes. The enemy also knows he's been drafted in to help and so he is soon a target for their assassins and their network of fifth columnists too. A combination of his own inherent insecurities and this way more palpable threat lead Nash to a paranoia that threatens to destroy himself and everything he holds dear. It's also a testament to Howard's direction that he manages to create quite a menacing character from the usually charming Christopher Plummer, whose "Rosen" is a dab hand with an hypodermic. Crowe is at his best here, his portrayal of this frankly rather selfish and obnoxious man is almost perfect and though I can't say I ever liked the character, nor felt especially sorry for his predicaments, I did feel invested in just how he could emerge from the internal conflicts he faced unsure of what was true and what was not. A bare minimum of romance to clutter it up and both Harris and Connelly contributing well to a story of a flawed yet brilliant human being makes this well worth a few hours.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$58,000,000.00
Revenue
$316,800,000.00
Keywords
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