Good Will Hunting Review

     Less than a week after the passing of Robin Williams, I sat down and watched for the first time Good Will Hunting. I was so inspired by that movie I felt the need to write a review for it.

     Good Will Hunting was released in theatres in 1997. The film was directed by Gus Van Sant, it stars Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgard, and Minnie Driver. The main plot to the movie is Matt Damon plays Will Hunting who works a job as a janitor at MIT. But he's capable of so much more. He solves complex math problems in one minute that take a student there at least 20 minutes to solve. He has a criminal record, and he'll meet with psychologists who after one session refuse to work with him anymore because they don't think they can help him. Stellan Skarsgard plays a math professor at MIT, and he sets up an appointment for Will with a psychology teacher he knew from college played by Robin Williams. Robin Williams' character tries to help Will find his place in life.

     There are two things I adored about this movie first of all, the acting. Matt Damon was great as Will Hunting, but Robin Williams was absolutely phenomenal. He won best supporting actor for this movie. Ben Affleck plays Chuckie Sullivan who was Will Hunting's friend. I'm going to be honest I was never a huge fan of Ben Affleck's but he was very good in this movie. Minnie Driver played Will's love interest she was very good in the movie. Stellan Skarsgard was very good as well. I thought he was better in this movie than he was in any of the Marvel movies he's done over the past few years.

     However the best thing I can say about the movie is the script was flawless. The script was written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and it's one of the best scripts of all-time. There's one scene where Robin Williams kept telling Matt Damon "It's not your fault." I'm going to be honest, I cried a little bit in that scene. Robin Williams was amazing in that scene.

     I cannot think of one problem I have with this movie. This is easily in my top 20 movies of all-time. It's so inspiring, and so heart felt. Good Will Hunting easily gets 5 out of 5 stars. If you have not seen Good Will Hunting, please check it out. This is a perfect movie to watch after a rough day. It's such a heartwarming movie. Thanks for reading.