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Good Will Hunting (1997)

R 12/05/1997 (US) Drama 2h 7m

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Some people can never believe in themselves, until someone believes in them.

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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.

Gus Van Sant

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Ben Affleck

Writer
Matt Damon

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Matt Damon

Will Hunting
Robin Williams

Sean Maguire
Ben Affleck

Chuckie Sullivan
Stellan Skarsgård

Gerald Lambeau
Minnie Driver

Skylar
Casey Affleck

Morgan O'Mally
Cole Hauser

Billy McBride
Vik Sahay

MIT Student
John Mighton

Tom
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80%

Written by BornKnight on January 2, 2024

Psychological drama well in the beginning of Ben Aflleck and Matt Damon in their careers - they star (with Matt in the role of the protagonist) and wrote the script together. The director was Gus Van Sant (Drugstore Cowboy).

The movie tells a story about a irish-descendant boy in Boston that works as janitor in a mathematics faculty, and it is a self-taught genius, with a troubled past and present - some mathematical riddles are left by the head of the chair in the faculty (Skarsgård) and mysteriously solved by night. Catching up with Matt Damon character Will he can be out of parole if he... read the rest.

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