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01/01/00
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.
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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01/01/00
Top CriticNot a work of art or great power, but it has some moving moments.
02/27/04
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
Good Will Hunting is a most accomplished writing debut for two young actors with a solid future as Hollywood hyphenates.
01/01/00
The film succeeds not because of an overall arc, but as a chain of smaller moments that glimmer in their minuscule perfection.
10/07/05
There's nothing original in this picture, yet it's intensely likable just the same.
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04/12/02
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12/08/02
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12/06/05
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.
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04/27/07
Good Will Hunting may well be the Rocky story of the 90s.
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Top CriticThe Damon-Affleck script is jammed with good ideas, strong dialogue and vigorous characters...
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Good Will Hunting is a confident film with great performances and an authentic look, sound and feel.
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02/09/06
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04/21/04
Cynics may dismiss the film as an overly effusive festival of male-bonding, but for the rest of us, this is just the catharsis we need.
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