Good Will Hunting is a 1997 drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, and Stellan Skarsgård. Written by Affleck and Damon, and with Damon in the title role, the film follows 20-year old South Boston laborer Will Hunting, a genius who is forced to see a therapist—played by Williams—and study advanced mathematics with a renowned professor—played by Skarsgård—in order to avoid jail...
Sean is angry when Will give him a bullshit answer about what he wants to do ...
Tom tells Will that most people don't find teachers that believe in them, and...
Will and Skylar get in a fight because he is scared of letting someone in to ...
Will gets angry and defensive with Skylar because he is afraid she won't like...
Chuckie goofs off at an interview where he is impersonating Will because Will...
Skylar tells Will's friends a joke at the bar and they all like it.
Sean tries to make the point to Professor Lambeau that if Will isn't guided t...
Will goes out in the rain to call Skylar, but he doesn't want to tell his fri...
Sean and Will talk about he books he has in his office during their first mee...
Sean talks to Will during their first meeting about all the books he has in h...
The opening lines, Professor Lambeau is teaching a lecture at MIT.
Will lies to Skylar about having 12 older brothers.
Professor Lambeau tries to get Will's name from the Head Janitor, but he is s...
Will tells Sean a joke he heard about a guy on an airplane.
Sean and Will are in therapy, and Will tells a story about when he was on a p...
Professor Lambeau comes to see Will in jail because he wants to help get him ...
Sean tries to make Will talk about what he want's to do with his life, and Wi...
Sean is talking to Will about what he wants to do with his life, and he says ...
At the end of the movie, Sean reads a note from Will: "Sean, if the Professor...
Sean and Professor Lambeau fight about issues that have been building since t...
Sean and Professor Lambeau fight about issues that have been building up sinc...
During their second meeting Sean takes Will to the park in order to have a se...
During Will and Sean's first meeting, Will makes a sarcastic remark about bei...
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