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It follows a predictable narrative arc, but Good Will Hunting adds enough quirks to the journey -- and is loaded with enough powerful performances -- that it remains an entertaining, emotionally rich drama.
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The headline story from this slice of honestly earned sentiment is Matt Damon, who delivers the year's No. 1 breakthrough performance directly atop his agreeable high-profile turn in John Grisham's The Rainmaker. Jan 9, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
The headline story from this slice of honestly earned sentiment is Matt Damon, who delivers the year's No. 1 breakthrough performance directly atop his agreeable high-profile turn in John Grisham's The Rainmaker.
Mike Clark
The best thing about Good Will Hunting is not in its well-crafted, psychological symmetries but in the just-plain messiness of its humanity. It's rowdy, it's funny, it's heartbreaking -- it rings of life. Dec 5, 2016 | Full Review…
The best thing about Good Will Hunting is not in its well-crafted, psychological symmetries but in the just-plain messiness of its humanity. It's rowdy, it's funny, it's heartbreaking -- it rings of life.
Duane Byrge
A crowd-pleaser, with bags of charm to spare. Aug 15, 2014 | Full Review…
A crowd-pleaser, with bags of charm to spare.
Quentin Curtis
Towering performance by Matt Damon as a troubled working class who needs to address his creative genius elevates this drama way above its therapeutic approach, resulting in a zeitgeist film that may touch chord with young viewers the way The Graduate did Feb 5, 2008 | Rating: A-
Towering performance by Matt Damon as a troubled working class who needs to address his creative genius elevates this drama way above its therapeutic approach, resulting in a zeitgeist film that may touch chord with young viewers the way The Graduate did
Emanuel Levy
The film works as a character-driven narrative because Mr. Van Sant and his co-screenwriters are not afraid to unlock the psychological mysteries of their five major characters with clear and concise dialogue. Apr 27, 2007 | Full Review…
The film works as a character-driven narrative because Mr. Van Sant and his co-screenwriters are not afraid to unlock the psychological mysteries of their five major characters with clear and concise dialogue.
Andrew Sarris
It's acted and directed with care, and Damon is outstanding, his scenes with Driver being especially sparky. Feb 9, 2006 | Full Review…
It's acted and directed with care, and Damon is outstanding, his scenes with Driver being especially sparky.
Derek Adams
The movie... [is] surprisingly moving, though resolutely unsentimental, rites-of-passage yarn. May 30, 2019 | Full Review…
The movie... [is] surprisingly moving, though resolutely unsentimental, rites-of-passage yarn.
David Baron
It's a deceptively good performance by Williams: the schmaltzy raw materials of Maguire would seem to be a trap, but he plays it absolutely straight, in muted, dignified tones Dec 2, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It's a deceptively good performance by Williams: the schmaltzy raw materials of Maguire would seem to be a trap, but he plays it absolutely straight, in muted, dignified tones
PJ Nabarro
It's a movie that captures (in a way that perhaps an older screenwriter could not convey) the limitless possibilities of youth, a movie in which a character can tell another, without cynicism, "You could do anything you want. You are bound by nothing." Dec 14, 2017 | Full Review…
It's a movie that captures (in a way that perhaps an older screenwriter could not convey) the limitless possibilities of youth, a movie in which a character can tell another, without cynicism, "You could do anything you want. You are bound by nothing."
Jason Bailey
Most movies about troubled individuals are insulting in the way in which they suddenly wrap things up with insipid developments that cause tumultuous, positive transformations in the protagonist; this film avoids that pitfall. Sep 13, 2012 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Most movies about troubled individuals are insulting in the way in which they suddenly wrap things up with insipid developments that cause tumultuous, positive transformations in the protagonist; this film avoids that pitfall.
Matt Brunson
Despite its coarse exterior, Good Will Hunting proves to be a rather positive and motivational experience. May 9, 2007 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Despite its coarse exterior, Good Will Hunting proves to be a rather positive and motivational experience.
Gary Brown
Can get overly sentimental at times, but Gus Van Sant's sensitive direction... and his excellent use of the city make it a hugely entertaining and effective film. May 26, 2006 | Full Review…
Can get overly sentimental at times, but Gus Van Sant's sensitive direction... and his excellent use of the city make it a hugely entertaining and effective film.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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