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Release Date:
9 January 1998 (USA)
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Tagline:
Some people can never believe in themselves, until someone believes in them. more
Plot:
Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars.
Another 16 wins
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35 nominations
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(239 articles)
Review: Did You Ever See… Rounders?
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Alexander Skarsgard Arrives in L.A. for GQ Awards
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Alexander Skarsgard Arrives in L.A. for GQ Awards
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"Whatever blows your hair back" - This movie does it for me!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robin Williams | ... | Sean Maguire |
 | Matt Damon | ... | Will Hunting |
 | Ben Affleck | ... | Chuckie Sullivan |
 | Stellan Skarsgård | ... | Prof. Gerald Lambeau |
 | Minnie Driver | ... | Skylar |
 | Casey Affleck | ... | Morgan O'Mally |
 | Cole Hauser | ... | Billy McBride |
 | John Mighton | ... | Tom - Lambeau's Teaching Assistant |
| Rachel Majorowski | ... | Krystyn |
| Colleen McCauley | ... | Cathy |
 | Matt Mercier | ... | Barbershop Quartet #1 |
| Ralph St. George | ... | Barbershop Quartet #2 |
| Rob Lynds | ... | Barbershop Quartet #3 |
| Dan Washington | ... | Barbershop Quartet #4 |
| Alison Folland | ... | M.I.T. Student #1 |
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Rated R for strong language, including some sex-related dialogue.
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126 min
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Iceland:12 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:14A (Alberta) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Canada:PG (British Columbia) |
USA:R (certificate #35614) |
South Korea:12 |
Philippines:PG-13 (cut) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Belgium:KT |
Brazil:14 |
Chile:14 |
Czech Republic:12 |
Finland:K-12 |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
Mexico:B |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:15 |
Peru:14 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG (cut) |
Spain:T |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
Israel:PG |
Singapore:NC-16
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When Will (Matt Damon) and Sean (Robin Williams) meet for the first time in Sean's office, Will recommends that Sean read Howard Zinn's "People's History of the United States". As a boy, Matt Damon was Zinn's neighbor and provided the voice for the CD recording of that book.
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Revealing mistakes: When Sean tells Will about how his wife used to fart all the time, even in her sleep, everybody is laughing. Even the cameraman. The camera starts bobbing up and down at two very funny moments during that dialogue.
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Referenced in "Family Guy: Chick Cancer (#5.7)" (2006)
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If I Had the Last Dream in the World
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This is the best movie I have seen since the Godfather. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck make a great team...not only as actors, but more impressively as co-writers. Add Robin Williams in perhaps his best role ever (too close to Good Morning Vietnam for me to make the call), and you have a wonderfully entertaining movie.
Ben Affleck is convincing as the best friend to a genius, able to effectively play the joker and the friend who would "lay down in traffic for you". Matt Damon's portrayal of that genius realizing that life has something more to offer than batting cages and bars is equally stunning. And Robin Williams certainly leaves nothing to be desired (except maybe a beard trimmer...).
The most amazing thing about this movie is the writing. Even if the acting were not terrific, this movie still would have made my top ten list. I was captivated from beginning to end.
If you've not seen it, Good Will Hunting is without doubt a "renter", and I think after seeing it, it's one you'll want to own to watch again and again.