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GOOD WILL HUNTING

Director:

  Gus Van Sant
  

Year Released:

  1997

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3 out of 5

3 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Ben Affleck
  Matt Damon
  Minnie Driver
  Stellan Skarsgard
  Robin Williams
Movie Haiku:Well-intentioned but light-weight drama about a mathematical genius working as a janitor (Damon) who's rescued by a psychotherapist (Williams) with ghosts of his own. As critic Wiliam Goldman rightly noted, this film is best viewed as the fantasy of someone who longs to be his therapist's only patient.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2001