"Some people can never believe in themselves, until someone believes in them."
General Information
Came out in: 1998
Gross Revenue: $225,933,435
Starring: Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgard, Minnie Driver
Director: Gus Van Sant
Writers: Matt Damon & Ben Affleck
Producers: Lawrence Bender, Scott Mosier, Kevin Smith, Bob & Harvey Weinstein
Gross Revenue: $225,933,435
Starring: Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgard, Minnie Driver
Director: Gus Van Sant
Writers: Matt Damon & Ben Affleck
Producers: Lawrence Bender, Scott Mosier, Kevin Smith, Bob & Harvey Weinstein
Ben Affleck & Matt Damon won Oscars in 1998 for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.
Plot
Will Hunting (Matt Damon) is a prodigy hoodlum from South Boston who works as a janitor at MIT. He has a gift for math which has been discovered by Fields Medal winning Professor Gerald Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgard) who tries to help Will turn his life around. With the help of washed up psychologist Sean Maguire (Robin Williams) and the introduction of Skylar (Minnie Driver), Will begins to realize there is more to himself than he thinks there is. Will and Sean come to terms with the cards life has dealt them and both question what lies in the future.
Favourite Quotes
Will: Do you like apples?
Clark: Yeah.
Will: Well, I got her number. How do you like them apples?
Clark: Yeah.
Will: Well, I got her number. How do you like them apples?
Sean: People call those imperfections, but no, that's the good stuff.
A picture of the scene where Will is showing off that he got Skylar's number instead of Clark. This picture is the scene where Will says "How do you like them apples?".
Robin Williams as Mrs. Doubtfire from the 1993 movie. I loved this movie when I was younger and I still find it hilarious. Williams plays Daniel Hillard who loses a custody battle during a sour divorces and disguises himself as a nanny called Mrs. Doubtfire in order to spend more time with his children. Click here to see the trailer for Mrs. Doubtfire.
Why is this one of my favourite movies?
First of all, Robin Williams is one of my favorite actors. He is one of the most versatile actors in the industry. In Good Will Hunting he plays the role of a gentle psychiatrist while in the movies Bird Cage he plays a hysterical gay father, both critically acclaimed roles. He is also one of my favourite comedians, yet I still was able to really enjoyed his performance in a serious role. Robin WIlliams also won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1998 for his role as Sean Maguire.
