Review of A Beautiful Mind (2001) by Sara G — 15 Dec 2011

Other than believing Russell Crowe could play a genius, this was pretty good.

This review of A Beautiful Mind (2001) was written by Sara G on 15 Dec 2011.

A Beautiful Mind has generally received very positive reviews.

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