Brilliant mathematician, John Nash, is on the brink of international acclaim when he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy.
Russell Crowe
John Nash
Jennifer Connelly
Alicia Nash
Ed Harris
William Parcher
Paul Bettany
Charles Herman
Christopher Plummer
Dr. Rosen
Josh Lucas
Martin Hansen
Adam Goldberg
Richard Sol
Anthony Rapp
Bender
Judd Hirsch
Helinger
Jason Gray-Stanford
Ainsley Neilson
Austin Pendleton
Thomas King
Vivien Cardone
Marcee
Jillie Simon
Bar Co-Ed
Victor Steinbach
Prof. Horner
Tanya Clarke
Becky
Thomas F. Walsh
Captain
Jesse Doran
General
Kent Cassella
Analyst
Patrick Blindauer
MIT Student
John Blaylock
Photographer
Roy Thinnes
Governor
Anthony Easton
Young Man
Cheryl Howard
Harvard Administrator
Josh Pais
Princeton Professor
David B. Allen
John Nash Teenager
Michael Esper
John Nash Young Man
Erik Van Wyck
Princeton Student
Rance Howard
White-Haired Patient
Jane Jenkins
Code-Red Nurse
Darius Stone
Adjunct
Valentina Cardinalli
Joyce
Teagle F. Bougere
Young Professor
Amy Walz
Blond in Bar
Tracey Toomey
Brunette
Jennifer Weedon
Brunette
Yvonne Thomas
Brunette
Holly Pitrago
Brunette
Isadore Rosenfeld
Pen Ceremony Professor
Tom McNutt
Pen Ceremony Professor
Alex Toma
Toby
Bryce Dallas Howard
Student at Harvard University (uncredited)
Ryan O'Connor
Princeton Student (uncredited)
Director
Ron Howard
Book
Sylvia Nasar
Writer
Akiva Goldsman
April 7, 2024
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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.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$58,000,000.00
Revenue:
$316,800,000.00