Good Will Hunting
An unrecognized genius in his early twenties is natural gifted in mathematics but does not have the slightest of ideas on how to maximize his potential fully.
12 August 1975, Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA
4 January 1973, Bolinas, California, USA
July 16, 1975
3 March 1958, Toronto, Canada
13 June 1951, Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
1961, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
August 15, 2014
A crowd-pleaser, with bags of charm to spare.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.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.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 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.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 didJanuary 01, 2000
Good Will Hunting narrowly avoids many sentimental pitfalls thanks to what doesn't happen...February 09, 2006
It's acted and directed with care, and Damon is outstanding, his scenes with Driver being especially sparky.May 09, 2007
Despite its coarse exterior, Good Will Hunting proves to be a rather positive and motivational experience.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.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.