Spectacular script

Rating: 9/10 (10 January 1999)

Yet another script (much like Pulp Fiction) that deserved its Oscar. Damon, Williams, Affleck, and Driver are all wonderful as inner-city urbanites who try to make good on their respective talents, and the script leads them through a twisty maze of events on their way to a heartwarming ending. Williams isn't as overtly impressive here as in his historically great dramatic roles (Fisher King, World According to Garp, Dead Poets Society, Moscow on the Hudson), but his understated warmth justifies his Oscar-winning performance.