Good Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting

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4.35
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Released: 05 December 1997
Country of origin: US
Genre: Drama
Production companies: Lawrence Bender Productions, Be Gentlemen Limited Partnership, Miramax
Watched by: 5 941 of 942 265
Runtime: 2 hours 7 minutes
IMDB rating: 8.3 of 10 1 148 248
kinopoisk.ru rating: 8.09 of 10 252 322

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Headstrong yet aimless, Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he secretly solves highly difficult graduate-level math problems, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. When Will is arrested for attacking a police officer, Professor Lambeau makes a deal to get leniency for him if he gets court-ordered therapy. Eventually, therapist Dr. Sean Maguire helps Will confront the demons that are holding him back.

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Robin Williams & Matt Damon's Emotional Scene

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Alleviare
Alleviare
PRO
04 Sep 2022, 12:38 #
The most beloved movie! The most beloved Robin Williams!
Amiri-ri
Amiri-ri
PRO
28 Nov 2023, 21:14 #
It's not your fault
lyusya86
lyusya86
PRO
07 Sep 2024, 20:01 #
@Amiri-ri: до слез
marianabi_m
marianabi_m
03 Jul 2024, 04:36 #
This film destroys the established stereotypes in society. It's a great movie! The actors correctly conveyed every emotion!
The original script. This film has earned all the awards it has received. I will review it)))
katrinus
katrinus
PRO
21 Aug 2024, 21:21 #
It's a wonderful movie. An original plot, excellent acting and a great duo of two talented actors. Pure pleasure!
DeLectar
DeLectar
26 Aug 2024, 13:11 #
"If I ask you about love, you'll quote me a sonnet, but you've never looked at a woman and you haven't been completely vulnerable. You didn't know a woman you were comfortable with. You didn't feel as if God had sent an angel to earth specifically for you, who would save you from the depths of hell. And you don't know what it means to be an angel to her. To love her just as much, to go through everything with her, through cancer. You don't know what it's like to sleep in a hospital chair for two months, holding her hand, because the doctors see in your eyes that visiting hours are not the rules for you. You don't know about real loss because you can only understand it when you love someone more than yourself."
lyusya86
lyusya86
PRO
07 Sep 2024, 20:01 #
I have just discovered this wonderful film for myself.

Plagiarist))
George_Lightwood
George_Lightwood
PRO
28 Sep 2024, 08:27 #
Now there will be a devastating review, so, fans of the film, immediately put on the diz and pass by.

It was interesting for me to test my personal theory that Robin Williams is my least favorite actor. "Dead Poets Society", "Where Dreams Lead". And now "Clever Will Hunting." In each of these three films, the actor plays the same role – an annoying pseudo-philosopher, talking about life and the sublime. And the films themselves look like triplets.

The philosophy of these films, in my opinion, does not pass the test of time. It looks corny, controversial and frankly outdated.

Well, for example, take this same movie. Will Hunting. A ghetto kid who became smarter than the professors themselves, simply because he read books. An important remark: according to the plot, he was not born gifted, but became smart thanks to reading books. He's 20, and he's already fumbling for all the sciences! Do you know why? Because it used to be believed that books = guaranteed intelligence. Naively simple times, when people who read were elevated to gods. Now every second person reads, and this is nothing special and elitist.

And books are just one of many examples that work only in theory, but not in practice.

And the fact that Robin Williams did the same thing to himself only proves it. Although it would seem that he played such life-affirming roles! About the importance and value of life! And I did this to myself... How is it? Answer: because all this pseudo-philosophy and pseudo-psychology does not work in reality.

Well, at least Will Hunting is just naive and harmless. The same cannot be said about the same Poets who promote rather radical and pernicious views on life...

I really wonder who would like such films. Maybe for fans of wolf quotes from VK or fans of Paulo Coelho. I don't condemn the people of the last century who grew up watching these films. Back then, times were simpler, and the thoughts embedded in these films did not look so cringeworthy and banal. But now all these moral teachings are very controversial and contradictory
katrinus
katrinus
PRO
28 Sep 2024, 11:42 #
@George_Lightwood:
Everyone's tastes are different, and they change over the years, that's a fact.
I will stand up for reading like a man from the last century. Books may not be so popular now, but they certainly broaden your horizons and develop your intelligence. When a person reads, he needs to interpret symbols in the form of letters into words, understand these words, reformat them as images and upload them to the brain.
When a person watches a movie, he gets a ready-made picture that goes directly to the brain, causes some feelings and often does not stay there.
People who read a lot are more likely to write and speak more competently, and their brains are trained and more developed.
And this is also a fact. So books really = guaranteed intelligence (despite the fact that books are good, of course. And there are rudiments of intelligence initially)
I can't call myself a fan of Robin Williams, but he won an Oscar for his role in this film. And in those years, this award was still given quite deservedly, without being guided by various political and public agendas such as blm or LGBT.
As for the actor's suicide, as far as I know, he was diagnosed with a very unpleasant diagnosis and chose to die without suffering. Plus, he was diagnosed with depression. In such a state, a person feels very bad and it is not for us to condemn him for this.
But as for the philosophy embedded in the film, I think I agree with you here.
George_Lightwood
George_Lightwood
PRO
28 Sep 2024, 12:15 #
@katrinus: books are not guaranteed intelligence. And I can say this with confidence, because I studied at the Faculty of Philology, where reading books was the basis of all my studies. And believe me, reading books and understanding books are two different things. Everyone read books, but not many people got smarter. Reading = intelligence is an outdated myth on which this film is parasitic.

Maybe the main character of the film was just one of those who understood books. But he was only 20. And, judging by the plot, he mostly spent his leisure time not in the library at all, but in bars and partying with the boys. So where he got so much knowledge from is still a mystery.

I have nothing against Robin Williams. I just noticed that movies with him are absolutely not my thing. They do not cause anything but irritation and eye rolling. Although most people really like it, and this phenomenon is curious and strange to me.

Apparently, I'm just not a proponent of abstract reasoning about the sublime. They have little to do with reality, which is why it is so hard for me to get into and believe in what is happening. You should have been born a romantic...
mari_khaa
mari_khaa
13 Nov 2024, 08:56 #
The films of the 90s are something indescribable separately. This is a film in which words are more important than a picture. Deep and soulful, Robin Williams' monologue is simply beyond competition.
Olglem
Olglem
15 Dec 2024, 13:32 #
An amazing movie. Wonderful actors perfectly convey the emotions of their characters. It's a gorgeous painting.
daria_pivovarova
daria_pivovarova
08 Jan 19:03 #
Many people talked about Robin Williams' monologue, but I was most impressed by the conversation between two best friends. Ben Affleck's monologue in the heart of I want to believe that people can truly be friends like this - selflessly, without envy and wishing only the best.
popa_kim
popa_kim
01 Feb 15:03 #
An interesting deep film has a meaning, the words were more catchy than the picture itself
MesterSkiller
MesterSkiller
18 Feb 05:37 #
It's a very deep and psychological film, it really catches my soul.
DeLectar
DeLectar
05 Mar 13:10 #
Will: I see... Have you ever thought about getting married again?
Sean: My wife died.
Will: Hence the phrase: getting married again.
SEAN: She's dead.
id601529389
id601529389
18 May 09:32 #
It's a great movie, Robin Williams is a genius. It's an interesting story, and it's amazing that Matt Damon wrote it when he was a student with Ben Affleck. But no one wanted to take this project, because one of the conditions was that these two would play in the film. But in my opinion, the acting is great, even Ben Affleck played exactly as he should, yes, this is the role of a simpleton, but still
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