Good Will Hunting
Starring Matt Damon; A youth with a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life. While MIT as a janitor, he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem which exposes him to Professor Gerald who decides to help him attain his potential.
28 August 1974, Danvers, Massachusetts, USA
21 July 1951, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18 March 1927, New York City, New York, USA
15 August 1972, Berkeley, California, USA
4 January 1973, Bolinas, California, USA
31 January 1970, Middlesex Hospital, London, England, UK
1971, Costa Mesa, California, USA
12 August 1975, Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA
5 February 1934, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1961, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
22 April 1977, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
18 August 1942, USA
May 26, 2006
Can get overly sentimental at times, but Gus Van Sant's sensitive direction... and his excellent use of the city make it a hugely entertaining and effective film.
February 05, 2008
Towering performance by Matt Damon as a troubled working class who needs to address his creative genius elevates this drama way above its therapeutic approach, resulting in a zeitgeist film that may touch chord with young viewers the way The Graduate did
January 01, 2000
Good Will Hunting narrowly avoids many sentimental pitfalls thanks to what doesn't happen...
October 07, 2005
The film succeeds not because of an overall arc, but as a chain of smaller moments that glimmer in their minuscule perfection.
August 15, 2014
A crowd-pleaser, with bags of charm to spare.
December 05, 2016
The best thing about Good Will Hunting is not in its well-crafted, psychological symmetries but in the just-plain messiness of its humanity. It's rowdy, it's funny, it's heartbreaking - it rings of life.
April 27, 2007
The film works as a character-driven narrative because Mr. Van Sant and his co-screenwriters are not afraid to unlock the psychological mysteries of their five major characters with clear and concise dialogue.
May 09, 2007
Despite its coarse exterior, Good Will Hunting proves to be a rather positive and motivational experience.
February 14, 2001
While the charismatic performances of Damon and Affleck make "Good Will Hunting" a difficult entertainment to resist, doing just that is not as hard as the film would like to think.
June 25, 2005
For the first time in his career, Van Sant is invisible as a filmmaker, simply getting out of the way of the story and his performers. The film is richer for it.
February 09, 2006
It's acted and directed with care, and Damon is outstanding, his scenes with Driver being especially sparky.
