Challenge yourself and get a life....

Rating: Null/10 (25 November 1998)

When first watching "GWH" at a theater in Chicago I walked out of it after an hour. The dialogue was so hard to understand being used to subtitles in Sweden. I couldn't hear or understand half of what was said on the screen and since this is a dialogue driven movie it simply made the whole experience unbearable. Arriving back to Sweden I thought I'd give it another chance (with subtitles this time mind you) and surprisingly I loved it. The premise might be stereotype and cliche, but tell me what movie that isn't. It's HOW the story is told that ultimately counts. "Good Will Hunting" is basically a "coming of age" movie, but with such well written dialogue and characters that one truly believes in them. The pace is very slow and that fact does the movie good actually. We're not watching a John Hughes movie here.
I can't really understand why so many people who have submitted their opinions on "GWH" finds the language so foul and ugly. There isn't more "F***" than in any other drama, action or war movie.
The foul language isn't in the movie for show, it's there to flesh out the characters. The fact is that people often use the F-word a lot in real life. Why not in movies then?
All and all, Good Will Hunting manages to be both dramatic and funny with some lovable characters and great performances from SkarsgÃ¥rd, Williams, Damon , Drive and Affleck. This is a movie that could be mention in the same sentence as "Dead Poet's Society" and not only because Robin Williams is in it.