Schizophrenia displayed in A Beautiful Mind

I chose the movie A Beautiful Mind starring Russell Crowe. A Beautiful Mind is based on the life of John Forbes Nash Jr., who was a mathematical genius who made a great discovery while attending Princeton. Nash is then sidetracked by many problems, but fights back and eventually prevails in the end. The movie leads the viewer on to believe that Nash’s visions are real. Later we discover that Nash is diagnosed as a …

…s wife that his ways and actions are accepted in his world. He goes on to say that his hallucinations started as early as graduate school when he had an imagined roommate. The research on the Finnish people also is very true in Nash’s case. While losing the ability to be a good husband and father, Nash was still an incredibly intelligent man. This movie definitely gives a vivid description and portrayal of schizophrenia.