Good Will Hunting

Name: Good Will Hunting
Genre: Drama
Released: 1997-12-05
Duration: 127 min

Some people can never believe in themselves, until someone believes in them.

19972h 7mcritics 8.2/10

Drama

Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who is failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psychology professor, who might be the only man who can reach him.

starring Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård

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Metacritic39 read

“When they finally hook up (roughly half an hour into the tailspin), Damon and Robin Williams brew intense magic as a turbulent d”
drqshadowabout 25–35% inread it ↗
“I really love how the ending sorts it all out”
mridinabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“an expected “happy” ending”
schaummeabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“The finale of Good Will Hunting is excellent, Will chose love after all, which only happens 1 time”
eva3si0nabout 75–100% inread it ↗

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“So great! <em>'Good Will Hunting'</em> is a film I had heard many a great thing about but had never actually seen it so didn't know anything about the plot - so much so that I genuinely thought it was about the good will of hunting or something... and certainly not about a character named Will Hunting! The poster makes it look like a film of that sort, in my defence. I also didn't realise, aside from the lead two, that the cast list was so stacked until the credits came up at the start. Th”
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“**A very good film, but with some flaws and problems that deserve attention.** This film is about a boy from Boston, who comes from very poor backgrounds, but who has a gift for mathematics, easily solving theorems and advanced problems that leave Harvard professors unanswered. He is discovered after solving one, at night and without telling anyone, and one of the professors at the university decides to help him be someone and make use of his gift. The problem is that he doesn't want to, he's”
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“Gus Van Sant's _Good Will Hunting_ is a film that could have easily collapsed under the weight of its own ambitions: a genius janitor, a traumatized savant, a therapeutic breakthrough that changes everything. But it doesn't collapse. It works, and it works beautifully, because everyone involved understood that the story required restraint, intelligence, and performances grounded in something real. What Matt Damon and Ben Affleck achieved with their screenplay is remarkable, not just for two youn”
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