Film Review “Good Will Hunting” Good Will Hunting is a drama film directed by Gus Van Sant that stars Matt Damon‚ Robin Williams‚ Ben Affleck‚ Minnie Driver and Stellan Skarsgard. The story and screenplay were both written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Good Will Hunting was both critical and financial success. Besides it was nominated for nine Academy Rewards in 1997‚ but only came away with two wins‚ Robin Williams for Best Supporting Actors and Damon and Affleck for Best Original Screenplay
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(Spoilers) Good Will Hunting‚ was‚ as the title suggests‚ good. Matt Damon plays a realistic‚ if profane‚ twenty year old Will Hunting‚ who struggles to find purpose in his life‚ despite his uncanny math ability. This changes once he is arrested for starting a fight and forced into mandatory psychology with Sean McGuire (played by Robin Williams). Throughout his therapy sessions‚ they form a bond and McGuire (predictably) convinces Will to do something with his life. The plot is predictable and
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Good Will Hunting is‚ at its core‚ a story about coming to terms with one’s past and making the difficult decision about what is best for the future. Will Hunting‚ the protagonist‚ is a janitor at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). At first glance‚ he is the typical blue collar worker: a working class lifestyle and a group of friends that do not shy away from violence‚ vulgarity‚ or passionate arguments about sports. However‚ we quickly learn that Will is anything but ordinary
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Introduction Social- Cognitive theory believes that humans are individuals who are capable of proactively making things happen to assist in their own development (Parajes‚ 2002). In Good Will Hunting‚ Will Hunting did not believe that he was able to make a positive change in his life. Will is a prodigy‚ particularly in mathematics‚ who did not recognize his gift. He was born and raised in the slums‚ where he is now comfortable. He was abandoned by his parents and in and out of numerous foster homes
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Good Will Hunting For this assignment I have chosen to focus on the film Good Will Hunting primarily because I have seen the movie prior to this course and I feel it is one of the best films I have gotten a chance to see. Will Hunting’s profound genius was as much a burden as it was a gift. Initially seeing the film I enjoyed it but viewing the film in the scope of all that I have learned in this course made the viewing experience much more meaningful‚ as I now had a deeper understanding of Will’s
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Signe Olson Good Will Hunting - 9/21/2016 In the film‚ Good Will Hunting‚ Will is portrayed as a troubled kid with a tricky backstory but an amazing talent. He comes across as intelligent but problematic‚ and seems to have a lot of baggage that no one has cared enough to sort out. He doesn’t attend school because he sees it as a waste of money‚ yet he works at a school as a janitor and that’s where he gets his big break. His friends are people who seem to have the same lifestyle as him (they
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Good Will Hunting is a drama film written Damon and Affleck. It was also nominated for nine Academy Rewards in 1997‚ but only came away with two wins‚ Robin Williams for Best Supporting Actors and Damon and Affleck for Best Original Screenplay. Matt Damon as Will Hunting portrayed the main character of the film. It is a very interesting film that which displays the lessons behind each character depict genuine situation that even the average person experiences. Will is a twenty-year-old man
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Good Will Hunting Movie Paper Movies are meant to have to audience feel the emotions the director wants them to feel. Good Will Hunting is one movie where it makes the audience relate in someway‚ whether it is the romantic scenes‚ therapy scenes‚ etc. It strongly represents psychological concepts that current research studies can be related to. So in the movie Good Will Hunting‚ Will Hunting displays the psychological concepts intelligence‚ abuse‚ depression‚ defense mechanism‚ and self-actualization
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Will Hunting‚ played by Matt Damon‚ in the movie "Good Will Hunting" is the epitome of a psychological paradigm. He can be analyzed in so many ways‚ touching on many of the different fields of psychology. The most interesting thing about Will is the cognitive dissonance he goes through throughout the film. He is torn between these two cognitions‚ both of which contradict each other. One of these cognitions is the fact that he is an orphan from South Boston‚ meaning he should only have a low pay job
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