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Plot: Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics which is discovered, and a psychologist tries to help him with his gift and the rest of his life.
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MCT:August 19, 2008matt damon and ben affleck are amazing actors and writers and robin willimas is an amzing actor and he moved me in ways that only mat and ben could write. Also robin williams beard fucking rocks
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MCT:August 16, 2008
A fantastic movie and a great story.
A young Matt Damon plays a character who is mathematicly gifted but unfortunatly wound up on the wrong side of the tracks.
A teacher at the school he cleans trys to take him under his wing and hopes to learn the maths this kid does so easily.
But in the end it's Robin Williams character who befriends him and helps him through all his self loathing.
A very heart warming story that is not to be missed -
MCT:August 14, 2008The film stars Matt Damon as a janitor at MIT who likes to party and hang around the old neighborhood and whose reading consists of downloading the contents of whole libraries into his photographic memory. Stellan Skarsgard (the husband in ``Breaking the Waves'') plays Lambeau, the professor, who offers a prize to any student who can solve a difficult problem. The next morning, the answer is written on a blackboard standing in the hall.
Who claims credit? None of the students does. A few days later, Lambeau catches Will Hunting (Damon) at the board and realizes he's the author--a natural mathematical genius who can intuitively see through the thorniest problems. Lambeau wants to help Will, to get him into school, maybe, or collaborate with him. But before that can take place, Will and some buddies are cruising the old neighborhood and beat up a guy. Will also hammers on the cops a little and is jailed.
He's a tough nut. He sees nothing wrong with spending his whole life hanging out with his friends, quaffing a few beers, holding down a blue-collar job. He sees romance in being an honest bricklayer, but none in being a professor of mathematics--maybe because bricklaying is work, and, for him, math isn't.
``Good Will Hunting'' is the story of how this kid's life edges toward self-destruction and how four people try to haul him back. One is Lambeau, who gets probation for Will with a promise that he'll find him help and counseling.
One is Sean McGuire (Robin Williams), Lambeau's college roommate, now a community college professor who has messed up his own life, but is a gifted counselor. One is Skylar (Minnie Driver), a British student at Harvard, who falls in love with Will and tries to help him. And one is Chuckie (Ben Affleck), Will's friend since childhood, who tells him: ``You're sitting on a winning lottery ticket. It would be an insult to us if you're still around here in 20 years.'' True, but Will doesn't see it that way. His reluctance to embrace the opportunity at MIT is based partly on class pride (it would be betraying his buddies and the old neighborhood) and partly on old psychic wounds. And it is only through breaking through to those scars and sharing some of his own that McGuire, the counselor, is able to help him. Robin Williams gives one of his best performances as McGuire, especially in a scene where he finally gets the kid to repeat, ``It's not my fault.'' ``Good Will Hunting'' perhaps found some of its inspiration in the lives of its makers. The movie was co-written by Damon and Affleck, who grew up in Boston, who are childhood friends, and who both took youthful natural talents and used them to find success as actors. It's tempting to find parallels between their lives and the characters--and tempting, too, to watch the scenes between Damon and Driver with the knowledge that they fell in love while making the movie.
The Will Hunting character is so much in the foreground that it's easy to miss a parallel relationship: Lambeau and McGuire also are old friends who have fought because of old angers and insecurities. In a sense, by bringing the troubled counselor and the troublesome janitor together, the professor helps to heal both of them.
The film has a good ear for the way these characters might really talk.
It was directed by Gus Van Sant (``Drugstore Cowboy,'' ``To Die For''), who sometimes seems to have perfect pitch when it comes to dialogue; look at the scene where Matt and Skylar break up and say hurtful things, and see how clear he makes it that Matt is pushing her away because he doesn't think he deserves her.
The outcome of the movie is fairly predictable; so is the whole story, really. It's the individual moments, not the payoff, that make it so effective.
``Good Will Hunting'' has been rather inexplicably compared to ``Rainman,'' although ``Rainman'' was about an autistic character who cannot and does not change, and ``Good Will Hunting'' is about a genius who can change, and grow, if he chooses to.
True, they can both do quick math in their heads. But Will Hunting is not an idiot savant or some kind of lovable curiosity; he's a smart man who knows he's smart but pulls back from challenges because he was beaten down once too often as a child.
Here is a character who has four friends who love and want to help him, and he's threatened by their help because it means abandoning all of his old, sick, dysfunctional defense mechanisms.
As Louis Armstrong once said, ``There's some folks, that, if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.'' This movie is about whether Will is one of those folks. -
MCT:August 13, 2008
Aww, I just loved it. I really hope Matt Damon writes something again, I know Ben did as well, but he's done Gone Baby Gone, so it's time for Matt to step up to the plate. Loved this, very much so. Especially the performances as well, Minnie and Matt were a wonderful couple. Robin, one of the best I've seen him in.
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MCT:August 10, 2008
A genuinely involving and moving tale that is still impressive 10 years down the line...
Easily Gus's most accessible work, the plot is intriguing, every character is defined and has their moment to shine and whilst the writing is pretty showy, it's inteligence can't be denied.
Matt and Ben worked their asses off with this flick and it shows. They own these characters and they put in stellar performances here. It was nice to see Robin in a relatively straight role for a change and this is without doubt my favourite perfornance of his. His monologues about his wife are delivered with a real sincerity and his scenes with Stellen (the guy knows how to wear a scarf!) portrays a real sense of history and friendship.
For all this great stuff, my favourite scenes were when we spend time with the guys. Funny, heartwarming and poignant, I really dug those scenes, in fact any scene with Casey Affleck ruled.
Memorable dialogue, classy casting and a great soundtrack this is a genuinely good tale. -
MCT:August 7, 2008
This was a solid flick. Matt Damon, Ben Affeck and Robin Williams are excellent in this film. So how do you like them apples!
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MCT:August 6, 2008
This film hits way close to home for me
Superb Casting Like to watch this a least once or more times per year -
MCT:August 3, 2008If see this I think it would only be for Robin Williams because I hate Ben Affleck and his brother is so idiot.
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MCT:July 28, 2008
Outstanding! LOVE IT! One of my new fav.s. THE MATT DAMON MOVIE! and no one else would have worked as well as Robin Williams did=)
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MCT:July 22, 2008
Un des meilleurs films que j'ai vu. Un scénario intelligent, doté de répliques et de dialogues justes et poignants, qui repose essentiellement sur les interactions entre les personnages et leur évolution au fil du récit.
Superbe distribution. Il serait rergrettable de passer sous silence la performance de Robin Williams, récompensée avec raison aux Oscars : quel rôle et quelle performance !
Un film auquel je m'identifie énormément... encore et toujours. -
MCT:July 20, 2008
Matt Damon, in my opinion, is on of the most talented actors of today. I would love to see him in the beginning of his career.
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MCT:July 16, 2008
Acadêmicos: não fiquem achando que todos a sua volta são meros ignorantes. Cultura deveria aproximar as pessoas e não afastá-las.
E mais: quero que Robin Williams seja meu psicólogo.
Enfim, lindo filme. -
MCT:July 16, 2008
Probably the best films I've seen with Robin Williams. Matt Damon shows he's pure class in this film as well. Great drama.
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MCT:July 14, 2008
This 1997 picture excells at character and drama in this story of a brilliant math student at MIT and his mentors. Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Robin Williams are part of a good cast, and the story is solid. Damon plays the spurprise prodigy, who was a janitor who solves a nearly impossible math problem. The later flick, A Beautiful Mind is similar, but this is clearly not a case of copycating. This story's math wizard isn't nuts, will not like the professor in the other flick.
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MCT:July 6, 2008
it had treated the idea of being a genius very easy and didn`t use its potentials as it could.the movie is a real good one but it could be very very better in the hands of a better director.
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im not sure if i've seen this, is this the movie where robin williams is laying naked in the field looking up at the sky?
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MCT:June 27, 2008
I actually went to see this movie ~ because I saw the equations on the blackboard...lol...swearing can be taken out with a box.
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MCT:June 23, 2008
A moving heartwarming drama that made a star of Matt Damon and gave Williams the chance to remind everyone what a good actor he is.
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MCT:June 22, 2008
We can see from an early stage that Ben affleck isn't such a bad director. This movie combines two good friends who put out a really good and interesting script on the line. The story might not be new or anything spectacular but it's very touching and you really enjoy watching the characters on screen. There is a particular scene where Ben is telling Damon about how he would love to one day see him disappear when they go pick him up for work because he is so much better than that. A very touching moment and well executed.
Robin Williams also plays one of his best characters, the movie is quite emotional and hits in if you are week when it comes to movie. Very impressive and highly recommended. -
MCT:June 22, 2008
wow i have just seen this 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 see..this has got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout the movie..i think that minnie driver is really fit n sexxi as always beautiful...this is a good movie n its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout...
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TheSlowPenguinposted 361 days ago -
Id watch this just for the Southie accents. a great inspiring film.
posted 541 days ago -
I loved the ending...it was perfect. Matt Damon portrayed the role perfectly, and it was also the first time I've seen Robin Williams in action. He is a great actor! I would reccomend this to anyone.
posted 603 days ago -
I love this movie so much! Despite what SOME people seem to think, it is most definately NOT a comedy. Please actually watch a movie before you try and review it, do not assume that just because Robin Williams is in it, it will be a comedy! Far from it. It is a subtle feel good movie.. it makes my cry every time!
posted 606 days ago -
"Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight, gonna grab some afternoon delight" - A great song to end a great movie.
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