A Feel Good film with the best script!

Rating: Null/10 (5 April 2004)

I recently watched it after a four year absence and thought very highly of it. I wasn't to keen at first a while back but I have matured and understood what the film was trying to get across and thought it was very clever the way they did it. Without the acting in this then their would be no Good Will Hunting and I wouldn't be reviewing this film now and the same goes for the script. This is one of Ben Affleck's good films and the same has to be said for Matt Damon but I am yet to see a bad Affleck/Damon film, then again I am the only person who hasn't seen Gigli but I will blame J.Lo for that. But the script alone is a masterpiece of writing from both of them. It has the making to make you feel bad and feel good all at the same time without breaking a sweat which brings me on to telling you another reason why I admire this so much. It doesn't stop for a second. Even though there is no big plot to follow and any suspense there is always something happening in each scene of the film which is just terrific for a film of this type. If I was to compare another film made recently to Good Will Hunting then it would be Lost in Translation. Both films have characters who are lost and are afraid and the mood of the film is very bleak if a little up lifting at times. Good Will Hunting just isn't a great drama though, it's also a great comedy as there are many funny scenes where you giggle a lot with anything from Casey Affleck trying to act hard in front of his friends or Robin Williams making funny remarks about everything that surrounds him.
I did feel very emotional towards the end but also uplifted and felt good about myself. I was expecting someone to die in this as it is your typical ending for a story like this one. Though much to my delight Affleck and Damon kept there cool very well and bowed out with a more sombre end with one of the best lines in film for the last Decade said by Robin Williams when he reads the note that will left for him.
Affleck and Damon have more potential than you would think and I look forward to their next pairing as I heard they were getting together to write another script after a number of box office flops. At least if they do we are pretty sure to get something special, so hurry up the both of you before people really turn against you and don't see you for the talent duo that you are.