Matt Nichenko
A Beautiful Mind Film Critique
I remember watching a beautiful mind when I was younger. Back then, all I remember was my dad telling me how amazing it was. Even though now I realized that my father’s taste in movies is nothing to be astonished about. I decided to give the film a second chance.
After going back and rewatching A Beautiful Mind with college aged eyes. I saw things that I obviously missed before. The Ron Howard film’s genre was, how should I say?, unique. The story was not linear compared to most and the plot twists were disguised very well.
The only way to classify this movie is to compare it against others in its genre. And as A Beautiful Mind is obviously a drama; however, I would like to sub-categorize it as a ‘mental illness drama’. And as I realize that the category ‘mental illness drama’ is awkward. I can only seem to find a few films comparable to A Beautiful Mind those films are; Rain Man, and Fight Club.
I’m not saying A Beautiful Mind is better than any of the pre mentioned films, I’m just noting that the movie should be spoken in the same sentence as the rest. It has similar twist plot twists with Fight Club. And it has a confused spoken main character like Rain Man.
This is a clever witted movie shown through all the twisted, strange, and the scary eyes of genius. A Beautiful Mind may not be the best, but it certainly deserves a watch.
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