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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelThe result is mainstream moviemaking at its highest, most satisfying level.
- 100San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannInspiring and largely unsentimental, this is as much a love story as a tale of courage.
- 88Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThough the role might seem a real stretch for an actor who just won an Oscar for his Charlton Heston turn as Maximus in "Gladiator," he and the movie ace the test.
- 88Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrThe 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.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumCrowe 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.
- 80SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinAs 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.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaWhat began as a bold and thrilling story descends into Hollywood cliché. But Crowe and Connelly's work rises above the mush. They make A Beautiful Mind go.
- 70Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternHoward, and the screenwriter, Akiva Goldsman, have used the book as nothing more than their jumping-off point for an erratic work of fiction that's part mystery thriller and part Hollywood schmaltz.
- 50Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonInstead of an originally conceived movie that reflects Nash's troubled but brilliant mind, we have one of those formulaically rendered Important Subject movies -- the kind that seem exclusively designed for Best Picture nominations.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittWhile it's a splendidly acted film, A Beautiful Mind is also a wasted opportunity.