Top 20 Movies Based on True Stories
6. Beautiful Mind
While brilliant and on the brink of true acclaim, John finds himself in a struggle with knowing what is real and what is affected by his schizophrenia.
This movie gives us an up close look at what it is like to live with schizophrenia and the effect it has on your job, family and friends. Nash is incredibly brilliant, but also doesn’t always know what is real.
At some points, the movie portrays Nash as having a best friend who he talks with all the time and who has a young daughter. We learn during the movie that this friend does not exist, that the friend and his young daughter are manifestations of John’s illness.
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Crowe does an excellent job portraying the life of John Nash. His acting is believable and you feel as though you are immersed in the life of John Nash when you watch this movie.
Full of twists and turns that you don’t expect, this true story keeps you guessing throughout the movie.
The story of John Nash proves that there is a fine line between pure genius and madness, and sometimes that line gets blurry.
