Title: A Beautiful Mind

Date: 2001

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas

Keywords: adulthood, family conflict, family trauma, response to crisis, work and family

Rating: PG 13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Audience(s): High School Age, College Age, Adults, Parents, Couples

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: The movie follows John Nash as he makes brilliant discoveries but also struggles with schizophrenia without knowing it. He becomes aware of schizophrenia after he got married and learns his wife is pregnant with their child. He became aware of his mental illness after his wife checked him into a mental institution. The rest of the movie follows John as he learns how to live life with a mental illness.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: How did mental illness impair Nash from being a father to his child? How did his wife have to pick up the slack to raise their child?

Places to view: Itunes, Youtube, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play, Cinemax

Contributor: Krista Hamann