I really can't stand the people who seem to love this movie so. When I saw it, I was like, so, all this movie is about is one man's ordeal with schizophrenia. So what?? The "beautiful mind" part was never really explored because this man is/was a mathematician and his formulas nobody in the audience would ever understand! So Ron Howard decides to put the focus of the story squarely on our protagonist and his mental demise and subsequent rise again. But it's just not that interesting. Sorry. I was bored by the time the credits came up. Russell Crowe is a fine actor but the story was limp and I was bored. Some movie fans are such suckers when it comes to displays of intense emotion. That puts them over the edge and they think they've just witnessed an incredible movie. Unfortunately, NOT!