Isn't great that shrinks always have the answers?

Rating: Null/10 (26 November 2002)

Let's see, will has a brain the size of the universe, but he just sits around in his apartment drinking beer and reading undergraduate textbooks. He's never had a real relationship, but we're supposed to feel that Minnie Driver should fall in love with him because...well, for some reason or other. He sees her as a way of proving himself superior to the wealthier types actually enrolled at a university, but, well, we just know that underneath he's got a heart of gold...God knows why... Wait; am I actually supposed to like this guy? Even Minnie Driver's character doesn't seem to; she's more like someone having a polite good time with a mere acquaintance than any sort of potential girlfriend. Even Robin Williams character seems to see Will as basically negative, if excusably so, and his portrayal of an incredibly nice guy almost proves that Will needed that just to relate to others. This film is not about an interesting character, "darn" it! It's about a jerk who we have to assume to have some redeeming something-or-other inside him.