How do you usually choose a movie to watch at your leisure time? Do you ever listen to your friend recommendation or you go for the reviews? Should the movie offer you an unforgettable life lesson? Have people in it had ever effected your life? What about an inspiring story of a genius who is facing limitation? Do you ever choose movies with teenage characters?
If you have answered positively to most of the questions mentioned above, then the movie “Good Will Hunting” is a perfect choice for this weekend’s movie time with friends or family.
Will Hunting is an intelligent teen with a troubled past who unfortunately is not being given the right opportunity to develop his talent and potential; working as a janitor in Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he spends most of his free time with friends. His gift in math is accidentally discovered by a prominent professor at the university; not being able to pursue Will towards a better future, Professor Lambeau finds him under arrest accused of attacking a police officer. The professor, using his influence, convinced the judge to forgive Will’s offense in return of receiving treatment from a therapist.
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The setting of any movies is always considered as a key factor in adding interest in the audience. This story is set in Boston, Massachusetts, USA in early 1990s. Will is introduced as a member of traditional working-class neighbourhood of Southie, which tells us how gifted people are neglected by a society which suffers from economic difficulties, it is worth mentioning that the therapist, Sean Maguire is also from the same area.
Matt Damon, the actor who plays the role of Will is known for having won a Golden Globe award, also he received Oscar award for the best screenplay in “Good Will Hunting”. In this movie, Matt, a novice actor in Hollywood presented himself strikingly as if he was Will Hunting by nature, speaking of which, he is an intelligent person in real life having an IQ of 160.
Robin Williams, who plays as Sean Maguire, Will Hunting’s mentor and therapist, in the movie, is a prominent actor having won 5 golden globes and the Oscar of the best supporting actor for the movie “Good Will Hunting”. Being a popular and professional actor also a comedian, the movie is deemed as one of the most successful projects of him.
Ben Affleck, the actor of the role Chuckie Sullivan, a close friend of Will Hunting from Southie, is a co-winner of an Oscar and golden globe of the best screenplay alongside Matt Damon. Beginning his career in an early age, He gained a wider reputation after participating in this movie. It is to be noted that Ben Affleck was a childhood friend of the main character’s actor in the movie, Matt Damon.
These were the most important characters of the movie who have essentially affected the story with their part.
Finally, if you want to enjoy the coming holiday, watch a movie and have a new and different experience altogether, “Good Will Hunting” is the best suggestion.
