In the film A Beautiful Mind the character John Nash suffers from schizophrenia. It has both positive and negative symptoms of this disorder. We see his view of the world throughout the film and don't know his disorder until the middle to the end of the film, but it's clearer by the end. I believe the film is realistic in portraying a person with this disorder. The film makes you feel what John Nash feels seeing what he sees every day. John Nash suffers from schizophrenia in his early adulthood. This film is based on a true story by John Nash. John Nash's positive symptoms include: delusions, hallucinations, disordered behaviors and thoughts, and strange movements. His disappointment arises when he thinks he is a secret government agent working with cryptography. This illusion makes him believe that the government has implanted a code in his arm. Every day he searches the newspapers for the codes to tell the government what Russia intends to do with the bombs. This disappointment makes him act nervous and people start to notice and he is forced into a state of mind...