What it’s about
When MIT Professor Lambeau (Skarsgard) stumps his students with a math problem chalked on a hallway blackboard, 20-year-old janitor/math prodigy Will Hunting (Damon) leaves the solution, prompting Lambeau to track him down. But Will, a rebellious South Boston native who’d rather booze it up with friends like Chuckie (Affleck) than cultivate his gift, resists facing the deep-seated troubles that hold him back – at least until he meets psychologist Sean (Williams).
Why we love it
“Good Will Hunting” was a fresh and impressive writing/acting debut for Hollywood unknowns Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, but it’s Williams’s Oscar-winning performance, as the mentor who helps Will face his past and future, that really sticks in your memory. Targeting both the elitism of the academy and the anti-intellectual currents that constrain real talent in our culture, Gus Van Sant’s film is a sensitive, uplifting story about the challenge of self-realization.
Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, Stellan Skarsgard Gus Van Sant
Robin Williams Matt Damon Ben Affleck Minnie Driver Stellan Skarsgard Gus Van Sant
Robin Williams Matt Damon Ben Affleck Minnie Driver Stellan Skarsgard Gus Van Sant
