Extremely dissapointing

Rating: 2/10 (8 February 2004)

I can't understand why people like this film.
The basic concept was great, but it could have been SO much better.
It fails on many levels:
1: The basic story makes no sense. Will Hunting is shown to possess not just intelligence, but extreme awareness of a vast, VAST body of literature. He can quote obscure books in psychology, economics, art, etc etc etc

Here's a news flash: this kind of knowledge doesn't come from innate intelligence, it also requires incredible amounts of reading. So when did Will supposedly do all this reading? we see him depicted as a working-class goof-off who spends his time carousing with his friends and getting into fights. Sorry, but that doesn't compute. At all.
2: The direction and editing is terrible. All of the key moments go by as if they weren't even important. The end of the movie just leaves you saying, "Huh?....."
But my, aren't the lead actors good looking? That, and the superb performance by Robin Williams are all that can be said for this amateur effort. But what do I know....