COMPLIMENTS
- Hallucinations: Schizophrenic patients have a very hard time distinguishing between reality and fantasy. Whenever they experience hallucinations, they perceive that what they are seeing is 100% real. The directors did a very good job of portraying this idea in that the audience has absolutely no idea that Charles or Thatcher are hallucinations and merely figments of Nash's imagination until much later on in the movie. Just as Nash thought they were real people, the audience views them as real people too.
- Insulin Shock Therapy: This is a type of treatment that was used in the early 1900s as a way to treat schizophrenic patients. It was an extremely painful process and unfortunately, not very effective. The cast and directors did a very good job of accurately explaining this as they had Dr. Rosenburg explain in one scene of the movie exactly what it was in simple terms. The audience also gets the idea that it is quite a painful treatment because of how Nash reacted.
SUGGESTIONS
- I would suggest the directors do more research in how schizophrenics act in public situations and how psychiatrists treat them. I feel that the way Nash reacted in certain social situations was over dramatized for cinematic effect. Also, the way in which psychiatrists are portrayed is too idealized.
