Will she approve of them? When Skylar asks if he loves her, he refuses. With dawn just breaking, the men look out the window as Chuckie drives back from the Harvard bar to their industrialized, non-gentrified neighborhood. The men were aware of their otherness in Cambridge, but operated as a united front against it. Just as Sean stunned Will into silence, though, with his query about what Will envisions for himself, so does Chuckie.
No no. You owe it to me. Let me tell you what I do know. Every day I come by to pick you up. But you know what the best part of my day is? Just left. It still has purpose. The math proof he burned in front of Lambeau remains as ash. All those years with Chuckie, Bill, and Morgan, the boys who grew alongside him into men, and who never left his side. Hanging out as healing—and healing as letting go. Will venturing into the unknown, far from Southie and Cambridge both. Learn more or change your cookie preferences.
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Call Casey Affleck, the likable, goofy, put-upon character of Morgan in the film, has settled his own harassment cases , as well. Mel Gibson, of all people, was originally set to direct. Throughout the film, moments of sexual harassment are played for laughs. Will humiliates a series of therapists with homophobic jokes. A gay prostitute character in prison is presented as a punchline. Why did we ever consider that a heroic victory?
Yes, there is certainly something to be said for flawed characters, and even for sympathetic and otherwise likable ones like those played by Williams and Damon. Men, even the good ones, say and do shit like this all the time.
Damon's character is, of course, a product of horrific physical abuse by his foster parents. But in the context of the film, it amounts to a dispiriting accumulation of transgressions both minor and overt that become exhausting. Maybe this is what it feels like to be a woman? Skylar is the only female character with memorable speaking lines. She is given things to do, and she's presented as a talented individual, but she is ultimately a cypher—more of a stand-in for the idea of women than a specific person.
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Watch options. Storyline Edit. A touching tale of a wayward young man who struggles to find his identity, living in a world where he can solve any problem, except the one brewing deep within himself, until one day he meets his soul mate who opens his mind and his heart.
Some people can never believe in themselves, until someone believes in them. Rated R for strong language, including some sex-related dialogue. Did you know Edit. Trivia In , after Robin Williams died, the bench in the Boston Public Garden where he and Matt Damon had their conversation scene became an impromptu memorial site.
People left flowers, quotes, and various items at the bench. A petition has been passed around to erect a statue in Williams' memory near the bench. Goofs When Sean tells Will his wife used to fart all the time, even in her sleep, everybody laughs. The camera starts bobbing up and down twice during that dialogue. Apparently, the camera operator was laughing, too. Quotes Sean : [sitting on a bench in in front of a pond in park] Thought about what you said to me the other day, about my painting.
Will : No. Will : Nope. Crazy credits Throughout the end credits, Will's car is driving down the highway until the very end, when the car drives around a bend and disappears. Alternate versions In the theatrical release, Chuckie gets angry with Morgan for using his little league baseball glove as "clean up. User reviews Review. Top review. The Real Best Picture of While everyone took sides with L. Confidential for it's Old Hollywood flair and tight-as-a-girdle plot arc or Titanic for it's generally inescapable, juggernaut-like aura as the Best Picture of , it seems that too many people overlook Good Will Hunting for what it was: a timeless little opus that managed to make South Boston look romantic and happened to make Ben Affleck and Matt Damon some of the most deserving superstars in recent memory.
Because before they were anybody, they were just the writers of this tale of a reluctant human being named Will Hunting, a mathematical genius who wore the guise of a hoodlum, and all of the sudden obstacles he had to take on to truly step in to manhood.
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