Good Will Hunting

4.50
    Good Will Hunting
    1997

    Synopsis

    When professors discover that an aimless janitor is also a math genius, a therapist helps the young man confront the demons that are holding him back.

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    Cast

    • Matt DamonWill Hunting
    • Robin WilliamsSean Maguire
    • Ben AffleckChuckie Sullivan
    • Stellan SkarsgårdGerald Lambeau
    • Minnie DriverSkylar
    • Casey AffleckMorgan O'Mally
    • Cole HauserBilly McBride
    • Vik SahayMIT Student
    • John MightonTom
    • Rachel MajorowskiKrystyn

    Recommendations

    • 91

      Portland Oregonian

      With its sweet soul and sharp mind, it's one of the most heartening films of the year.
    • 80

      Newsweek

      Gus Van Sant, working from the tangy, well-written script, gets so much humor, grit and emotional truth out of this tale that the familiar formulas behind it simply fall away.
    • 80

      Variety

      This beautifully realized tale is always engaging and often quite touching.
    • 75

      Baltimore Sun

      Fairly bursts with the exuberance and youthful energy that must have attended its creation.
    • 75

      ReelViews

      An ordinary story told well. Taken as a whole, there's little that's special about this tale -- it follows a traditional narrative path, leaves the audience with a warm, fuzzy feeling, and never really challenges or surprises us.
    • 75

      Chicago Sun-Times

      It's the individual moments, not the payoff, that make it so effective.
    • 75

      New York Daily News

      You'd never guess this just-off-center movie was directed by indie hero Gus Van Sant. Maybe, like Will, he's casual about his gifts and feels no need to trot them out.
    • 67

      Austin Chronicle

      Part character study, part redemptive drama, and all cheesy heart, it's Boston-baked melodrama, a little too gooey at times, but still pretty delicious.

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