Number 59: Jennifer Connelly as Alicia Nash in "A Beautiful Mind" (Best Supporting Actress Ranking)

The part of the suffering but supportive spouse is constantly an award-magnet and so it was no shock when Jennifer Connelly won an Oscar for her portrayal of Alicia Nash, the spouse of John Nash, a amazing tutorial brain who suffers from hallucinations and other issues.

Basically, this overall performance can be separated in two different areas – the dull 1 and the fantastic 1. 

Sadly, Jennifer Connelly began her performance really lifeless and rid of nearly each and every little bit of charm and power. Her way of whispering alternatively of talking, her lack of any screen existence and her virtually slumber-inducing line-shipping and delivery practically destroy her whole efficiency given that these early scenes actually desire exactly the reverse of her – she has to be charming, lively, fascinating and complete of self confidence to make it believable that this young lady could in fact conquer the coronary heart of a guy like John Nash. She improves in the course of a later scene when she reacts to John Nash’s open up frankness extremely in a different way than his previous dates. And she also gets to be a lot a lot more relaxed in her function when John Nash proposes to her.

It’s an unlucky start off to what becomes an occasionally extremely powerful efficiency, even if there are still some missteps. The instant Jennifer Connelly stops currently being a enjoy curiosity and actually gets to be the suffering wife, something in her modifications and her function turns into significantly more memorable and she even commences to find some energy in her acting – there is still a unusual absence of lifestyle in her but it’s much significantly less apparent now. Tears and ache appear to come very easily to her and so it is no shock that the scenes that display her character at its lowest are also her highpoints. Her chemistry with Russell Crowe is also considerably more robust now.

What stays, as just talked about, is the deficiency of existence in some scenes – specifically when she is talking to an aged friend about her existence with John and she basically opens her heart and views to him. In these moments, Jennifer Connelly ought to have located the main of her whole character but in her palms, the moment will come and goes with no any additional exploration and Jennifer Connelly misses an critical chance to develop her character.  

It is mainly her dramatic moments that have this overall performance and aid to accomplish this place – when she fears for the lifestyle or her child or breaks down in her toilet, she impressively demonstrates how proficient she in fact is. And her famous ‘You wanna know what’s genuine?`-scene is easily among the very best times of the complete movie. Her tenderness, her really like and her devotion are last but not least totally noticeable in this tiny second.

This could undoubtedly have been a significantly more robust efficiency and Jennifer Connelly discovered some unforgettable moments that she sent with a robust commitment but the total effect is even now too tiny to area her larger than this.