Music Review

A Beautiful Mind (2002)

EW's GRADE
C+

Details Release Date: Dec 11, 2002; Genre: Soundtracks/Cast Recordings

James ''Titanic'' Horner didn't rise to the top of the Hollywood heap by means of a fresh vision. He's a skilled cliché wielder, and his score for ''A Beautiful Mind'' is a typical, crafty example, as sweeping orchestral atmospheres keep bumping into lame musical popcorn. Young pearly-voiced soprano Charlotte Church shows up for the obligatory romantic song, ''All Love Can Be,'' and the rest veers from lyricism to inanity. Horner's dumbed-down score seems at odds with a story about a troubled genius.

Originally posted Jan 11, 2002 Published in issue #634 Jan 11, 2002 Order article reprints

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