Good Will Hunting (1997)
| Drama
USA / English
"Some people can never believe in themselves, until someone believes in them. " Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics which is discovered, and a psychologist tries to help him with his gift and the rest of his life.
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The Real Best Picture of 1997
While everyone took sides with L.A. Confidential (for it's Old Hollywood
flair and tight-as-a-girdle plot arc) or Titanic (for it's generally
inescapable, juggernaut-like aura) as the Best Picture of 1997, it seems
that too many people overlook Good Will Hunting for what it was: a
timeless
little opus that managed to make South Boston look romantic and happened
to
make Ben Affleck and Matt Damon some of the most deserving superstars in
recent memory.
Because before they were anybody, they were just the writers of this tale
of
a reluctant human being named Will Hunting, a mathematical genius who wore
the guise of a hoodlum, and all of the sudden obstacles he had to take on
to
truly step in to manhood. Among these obstacles were a straight-forward
shrink who outright dared Will to bulls*** him (played by Robin Williams,
who got his overdue Oscar for it), a brilliant M.I.T. professor who felt
it
his own personal redemption to put Will's mind to great use somehow
(Stellan
Skarsgård, who never fails to steal nearly every scene he's in), and a
girl
who doesn't understand why the boy she loves so much cannot love
her.
It was these obstacles that made Will Hunting such a complex character:
while he was a genius at the definite (math), he was a bit of a moron at
the
indefinite (human relationships). His rough-edged exterior was simply a
cry
for help, and the process of which the obstacles in his life realized that
and attempted *to* help him was nothing short of extraordinarily
touching.
Personal| Seen it: | Nej |
| Nr of disks/tapes: | 2 |
| Storage device: | Divx 5 |
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