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Good Will Hunting (1997)

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Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.

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Awards

Won 2 Oscars.

Another 22 wins & 60 nominations.

Top Rated Movies #101

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23 February 1999 | Gath
10
| "Whatever blows your hair back" - This movie does it for me!
This is the best movie I have seen since the Godfather. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck make a great team...not only as actors, but more impressively as co-writers. Add Robin Williams in perhaps his best role ever (too close to Good Morning Vietnam for me to make the call), and you have a wonderfully entertaining movie.

Ben Affleck is convincing as the best friend to a genius, able to effectively play the joker and the friend who would "lay down in traffic for you". Matt Damon's portrayal of that genius realizing that life has something more to offer than batting cages and bars is equally stunning. And Robin Williams certainly leaves nothing to be desired (except maybe a beard trimmer...).

The most amazing thing about this movie is the writing. Even if the acting were not terrific, this movie still would have made my top ten list. I was captivated from beginning to end.

If you've not seen it, Good Will Hunting is without doubt a "renter", and I think after seeing it, it's one you'll want to own to watch again and again.

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Matt Damon and Casey Affleck appeared in the Ocean's trilogy.

Quotes

Lambeau: Mod fx... squared... dx. So please finish Parceval, by next time. I know many of you had this as undergraduates, but it won't hurt to brush up.

Goofs

The combinatorial problems and solutions shown on blackboards are elementary ones, not the sort that would occupy a Fields medalist for years.

Crazy Credits

Throughout the end credits, Will's car is driving down the highway until the very end, when the car drives around a bend and disappears.

Alternate Versions

In the theatrical release, Chuckie gets angry with Morgan for using his little league baseball glove as "clean up." However in the TV version, Chuckie ends the scene with a curt "Why don't you do what you're doin' at your house." Also, when Will is with the first psychiatrist, the mention of "putting from the rough" is deleted.

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Written and Performed by Dan Lander

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Plot Summary

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Genres

Drama | Romance

Details

Release Date:

9 January 1998

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Massachusetts Turnpike, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$10,261,471 (USA) (11 January 1998)

Gross:

$138,433,435 (USA)

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