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Totally involving, original, wise and deeply moving.
So many people I respect loved this film that I just had to see it. And I was glad I did. It surprised me. I had seen the trailer a long time ago and thought that the trailer had said it all. I was wrong. This film is a lot more than the plot. It is the story of a brilliant rough working class young man in from South Boston (Matt Damon) who retains everything he reads. He's a janitor at MIT and solves mathematical problems on the blackboard after class. He gets into a lot of fights and when he is arrested the mathematics professor who realizes what a genius he is, puts up bail on the proviso he get counseling with psychologist Robin Williams. What follows is a original, tight, and deeply moving movie. There is more wisdom in this one movie than I have ever seen on the screen before, and it is totally involving.

I understand that before Matt Damon was an actor, he wrote this story as a 50 page assignment for a creative writing class at Harvard. The story haunted him, however, and with his friend, fellow actor Ben Affleck, they created the screenplay by improvising each scene together. What resulted was this work of art. Don't miss it!

Damon And Affleck At Their Top
"Good Will Hunting", starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Robin Williams, and Minnie Driver, is one of the top ten greatest films of 1997. It was nominated for nine Oscars, including Best Picture, going on to win two: Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Williams). The plot, written by Damon and Affleck, is brilliant. It wonderfully despicts the dramatic side of recovery while adding some interesting wit in the perfect scenes. However, the wit never interrupts or overlaps the dramatic events. Director Gus Van Zant leads the cast and crew to accomplish this masterpiece beautifully. The chain of events always contain the perfect emotional background that keeps audiences watching closely. It later becomes more than just a secret math genius recovering from a painful childhood. The other plots combined with it offers a deeper understanding behind the main plots, namely the therapist's reflecting his wife's death and Will Hunting falling in love. Such level of drama keeps the intensity intact in the raging scenes. Unfortunately, Damon and Affleck have yet to release their follow-up screenplay.

Matt Damon and Minnie Driver earned an Oscar nomination for their performances (Best Actor/ Best Supporting Actress). Damon seemed made for that role. As with Robin Williams, they desplict their character's emotions and turbulances to the fullest, offering audiences a more emotional feel. Williams proves that he's capable of performing dramatic films as well as his signature comedy. All other actors also desplict their presence wonderfully.

"Good Will Hunting" is a great film for most audiences for enjoyment. Its quality proves that it will someday become a classic.

Damon and Affleck hit the mark
A touching and funny movie about a troubled young man coming to terms with his extraordinary genius and the world around him. Will Hunting (Matt Damon) has only known pain and rejection. He hangs out with a bunch of losers and works as a janitor at MIT. His brillance is discovered by a MIT math professor (Stellan Skarsgard in a wonderful performance). Will begins to work with the professor and to see a therapist. The therapist is Robin Williams. Williams deserved the Oscar he won for playing the intense but contained Jr. College Psychology teacher who tries to lead Will to a sense of self-awareness and wholeness. Williams plays the role straight. None of his usual stream-of-conciousness comedic antics. No impersonations. Just great acting. Matt Damon does well with a complex and conflicted character. Good Will Hunting is one of the few movies I would have been happy to watch if it had been 1/2 hour longer. The ending is a bit abrupt and needs development. Good Will Hunting is about healing pain, learning to love, trusting people who care and want to help, appreciating gifts, finding oneself and finding direction. One of the best movies in recent years.

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