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Review of by Shreekara B — 20 May 2014

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"Your Potentiality is not known to you until others discover it in you", Will Hunting an ordinary boy who works as a janitor in Massachusetts Institute of Technology spends his days with doing nothing special but he is endowed with quite good IQ power, he is actually a genius, once a mathematician professor Gerald challenge his students to solve the complex algebraic sum, Will Hunting solves it easily and gets the attention of professor Gerald, Will gets himself in some fights and get jailed, looking at an opportunity Gerald releases him on the condition to spend some time with him in solving the Mathematics sums and to consult the counselor and to get their advice, but it turns vein as Will show lack of interest to those counseling session, this makes Gerald to consult his college mate a psychologist Sean to help him in changing Will's behavior, he initially shows no interest but accepts to speak to Will, with speaking to him Sean get to know that Will with high IQ has quite low EQ, and he uses his defense mechanism to avoid any new contacts, meanwhile Will falls in love with a girl but fails to withstand that relation for long time, in other side Will becomes close with Sean and thus Sean become successful in building good rapport with Will, his motivation and inspiring word brings Will close to Sean and finally makes him to take a wise decision for his life.

With an outstanding story-line and brilliant casting with some amazing dialogues makes 1997's 'Good Will Hunting' a perfect making, the plot is truly inspiring, you never find much better casting such as Robin Williams and Matt Damon for such an amazing character, the quotations used in this movies marks as a plus point, the screenplay is good, Robin Williams is marvelous, he is one among many performer who suits to any character given to him, and Matt Damon is very cool in his performance, it may be the scene of fight, sentiment or fun he gives full justice, must watch movie, truly inspiring.

This review of Good Will Hunting (1997) was written by on 20 May 2014.

Good Will Hunting has generally received very positive reviews.

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