Good Will Hunting (1997)

A South Boston whiz kid elects to clean the halls of learning rather than enter them, slumming his way through life as a janitor at MIT. But his natural ability to unravel complex equations attracts the attention of a professor who won't let him quit, a beautiful Harvard student who wants to save him, a sympathetic buddy who wants him to escape South Boston, and a counselor who encourages him. A soundly acclaimed, homegrown effort from lifelong Boston buddies Damon and Affleck, who pushed their script through development by disguising it as a suspense thriller.

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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck co-scripted and star in this drama, set in Boston and Cambridge, about rebellious 20-year-old MIT janitor Will Hunting (Damon), gifted with a photographic memory, who hangs out with his South Boston bar buddies, his best friend Chuckie (Affleck), and his affluent British girlfriend Skylar (Minnie Driver). After MIT professor Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgard) stumps students with a challenging math formula on a hallway blackboard, Will anonymously leaves the correct solution, prompting Lambeau to track the elusive young genius. As Will's problems with the police escalate, Lambeau offers an out...
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, but with two conditions -- visits to a therapist and weekly math sessions. Will agrees to the latter but refuses to cooperate with a succession of therapists. Lambeau then contacts his former classmate, therapist Sean McGuire (Robin Williams), an instructor at Bunker Hill Community College. Both are equally stubborn, but Will is finally forced to deal with both his past and his future.
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Matt Damon, who created the title character and wrote the script with costar Ben Affleck, gives a star-making performance as a working class genius with a chip on his shoulder.

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Will Hunting werkt als schoonmaker in een school in Boston en brengt de rest van zijn dagen voornamelijk door met vechten en het omzeilen van de wet. Op een dag blijkt echter dat Will een uitzonderlijk talent heeft voor wiskunde. Een leraar wil koste wat het kost dit talent uitbouwen, maar merkt al vlug dat Will behoorlijk overhoop ligt met zichzelf en z'n omgeving. De enigen die hem kunnen helpen zijn Sean McGuire, een psycholoog die bewondering heeft voor het jonge genie en hem probeert te begrijpen en Skylar, een studente geneeskunde die verliefd is op Will. Zullen zij erin slagen om Will uit z'n isolement te ...
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