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Goodwill Hunting

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Goodwill Hunting
Krishna Varma@Lickwid
Apr 23, 2001 04:42 PM, 6687 Views
Have fun with cocky mathematical genius .

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Matt Damon stars in this film about a cocky mathematical genius whose life and choices are incongruent with his rare gift. Will Hunting (Damon) works as a janitor at MIT and spends his nights getting loaded and picking fights with his buddies in South Boston. When Will anonymously proves a theorem written on a hall chalkboard, the math professor (Gerard Lambeau, played by Stellan Skarsgard) tracks him down as he’s on his way to jail for assault. Lambeu offers to bail him out on two conditions: Will must work with the professor on various theorems, and he must attend therapy sessions. Will is able to outwit his way through two therapists, and Sean Maguire (Robin Williams) is called in as Lambeau’s last hope. Sean’s demeanor, background, and tactics succeed in breaking down Will’s walls; love interest Minnie Driver is a delight in her role as the other person who’s able to carve away at Will’s facade.


’’Find a better way out from my heart n mind ’’:-- ~This film really takes off when Robin Williams enters the picture. Until then, it’s an enjoyable but superficial experience. ~ Damon’s character is frustrating on so many levels that it’s difficult to feel any sympathy for him -- he’s a brilliant underacheiver who thinks he’s all that and a bag of chips. ~ Based on his gifts of retention and analysis, he makes judgements of others that, although correct, are lacking the human experience component. Sean is able to effectively bring this boy down to size simply by choosing the correct battlefield and by not letting Will press his buttons Oh!! no whats most vague in here :-- Williams’ Sean is understated and complex -- a mesmerizing character. Not that I’m slamming Damon and his buddy Affleck. They’re fine, but either they wrote shallow characters (which seems to be true enough), and/or they aren’t yet seasoned enough to play nuances well (also plausible). My only other gripe was the extensive and gratuitous use of the word ’’f’’. I sincerely believe that tough guy dialogue can exist without ’’f’’ and its other tenses; it’s just more of a challenge.

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