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Good Will Hunting
Good Will Hunting is one of the greatest movies of all time and helped to shape Matt Damon's career. The movie revolves around Will Hunting, who happens to be a twenty year old with a genius-level IQ and chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. After he discovers an extremely difficult math equation written on a chalkboard, Will finishes the equation, and by doing that, an award winning mathematician professor discovers the janitor's potential. Because only a handful of people in the world can solve the problem, Will's brilliance is quickly demonstrated. The professor goes to find Hunting, but the teacher only discovers the genius after Will gets arrested for assault. While in jail, Will makes a deal with the professor to work with him a few times a week and go to therapy once a week, and in return, he will be released from prison.
After working with Will, the professor learns that the bright mind that Hunting possesses might be once-in-a generation and could potentially rivals the likes of Albert Einstein. However, things aren't going so smoothly with therapy. Will doesn't think that he needs it, so he goes out of his way to be obnoxious, difficult, and be as unhelpful as possible. Because of this, the professor goes to an old friend of his and asks him to act as a psychologist to Will. The main goal of the therapy is to help Will with his issues and teach him that he should be making better use of his time, not getting drunk with his friends, getting into fist fights, spending way too much time at a bar, and working as a construction worker.
It takes awhile, but Will soon opens up to the psychologist, and a close bond is soon created. However, the same cannot be said about the relationship between the psychologist and the mathematician. The professor wants to make the psychologist convince young Will about his need to change the world and do what the teacher would do, if he had Will's mind. Because the professor understands Will on a more personal level, he refuses to, and this causes many feuds. But at the end of the day, Will is confronted with unlimited possibilities, and he is forced to decide what he wants to do with his life, regardless of what everyone else thinks is right.
Matt Damon is just perfect as Will Hunting, and he just couldn't have acted any better. Robin Williams as the psychologist is a perfect match, and the combination of a perfecting acting duo between Matt Damon and Robin Williams, as well as Will Hunting and his best friend, who's played by Ben Affleck (Damon's best friend at the time the movie was made) helps to create the actors' chemistry with one another to the next level. The dialogue of the movie is simply brilliant and is just spectacular to say the least. The ending of the movie is heartwarming, beautiful, and truly helps to elevate this movie to the next level. Good Will Hunting is one of the movie industry's greatest and is an absolute must see for just about anyone and everyone that is able to watch a movie with some explicit language.
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"How do you like them apples?" - Will Hunting