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04/27/07
Good Will Hunting (1997)
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Reviews Counted:59
Fresh:57
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.1/10
Consensus: Van Sant, working from Affleck and Damon's script, lends warmth and real emotion to the film's somewhat basic story.
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver
Director: Gus Van Sant
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All told, the film has plenty of enjoyable moments, but it's just not the deep experience the filmmakers want you to believe it is.
01/01/00
Not a work of art or great power, but it has some moving moments.
02/27/04
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12/06/05
There's nothing original in this picture, yet it's intensely likable just the same.
01/01/00
Uno sale del cine y se da cuenta de por qué la película recibió tanta atención.
06/05/04
Almost any viewer will enjoy Good Will Hunting moment by moment, but many will wake the next morning wondering why, with all that talent on hand, it amounts to so little in the end.
01/01/00
Top CriticGood Will Hunting may well be the Rocky story of the 90s.
01/01/00
The Damon-Affleck script is jammed with good ideas, strong dialogue and vigorous characters...
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