How to know right from wrong?

Rating: 10/10 (27 January 2008)

I saw this movie only recently, years after it was first released.
For me this was a movie about a psychologist trying to help a genius young man who was about to make the most important decisions in his life, but didn't have the ability or the tools to recognize this and make the right choices. He was lacking the guiding principles in his life.
Robin Williams, the psychologist, argued that only being a genius is not enough to make a person successful and happy, and he gave Unabomber as an example, who was a mathematical genius.
The psychologist helped Matt (with a bit of forcing) to get rid of all the layers of pretentiousness, arrogance, and the masks he wear and finally touch where it hurts deep inside. Matt had to feel his hurt, realize the absence of his guiding principles, or whatever you want to call "not even knowing what he wants out of life", before he can start the healing process.
When we make choices in life, our decisions are partially influenced by what we have learned while growing up. We learn the right from wrong mainly from our parents. In the absence of parents, teachers, relatives, the community or the religion provide us the guidance we need. Having been an orphan, and not having had a stable foster family, Matt didn't have a solid upbringing. The psychologist was concerned that, this genius, if not guided correctly, may become a loser, or may become a danger to himself and to the society.
It was a great movie, recommend it everybody but especially to parents.