Mediocre first effort

Rating: Null/10 (26 February 1999)

So I hear everyone talking about this great movie by two young up and coming actors looking for work and how awesome this movie is. And so, I go and I see Good Will Hunting. Now I know why Matt Damon was struggling to find work. I bought the screenplay and read it before I ever saw the movie and the screenplay itself is great. I've read it many times since and each time, I still love it. However, for some reason, the executives at Miramax failed to see that letting Damon and also Minnie Driver have roles in this movie would be a mistake. Affleck is a good actor, although his part sucks in this movie but Damon went and wrote a whole story about his character and then failed to deliver. There were a few positives. The friendship between Affleck and Damon does spill over into the movie and it does leave an impression. Robin Williams is great. I mean, the man can do anything. Comedy, drama, anything. But the rest of the cast is pretty much mediocre except for Ben Affleck who also was good in Chasing Amy. In all, this movie was OK but nowhere near as good as the hype made it out to be. The screenplay is definitely worth buying but the acting in the movie itself pretty much sucks.