VHS Movie Reviews for Good Will Hunting [VHS]

Good Will Hunting [VHS]

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VHS Movie Reviews of Good Will Hunting [VHS]

Movie Review: One of my favorites
Summary: 5 Stars

I love this movie and have been meaning to buy it for years. It's one of those classics (and will maintain classic status) for years to come. I've seen it maybe 8 or 10 times and still love it every time-there is always a new line to pick out or character to identify with. Fantastico!

Movie Review: Good Movie, bad DVD
Summary: 2 Stars

No real issues with the film itself, but this disc is awful. Low bitrate (poor picture quality) and non-anamorphic widescreen transfer (so you get those black bars on all 4 sides on your widescreen HDTV). It has been 10 years, isn't it time this got a decent quality DVD release?

Movie Review: A movie that makes you think......
Summary: 4 Stars

A must have. Good Will Hunting takes you through Matt Damon's role as a headstrong, working-class genius who has run-ins with the law. Although this movie is recommended for everyone, people that use mathematics or psychology as part of their regular life will strongly benefit from the content of this movie. Also, those that live in the Boston area will really enjoy the movie.

Movie Review: One of the best films of the '90s
Summary: 5 Stars

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck won an Oscar for Best Screenplay, and Robin Williams won another for Best Supporting Actor, for "Good Will Hunting," and if you watch this film, it's really not hard to see why.

Damon plays Will Hunting, a gifted but troubled young man who's worked many a low-wage job and been in one too many scrapes with the Boston Police. Affleck plays his best friend, Chuck, an average working joe who, along with two other friends, accompanies Will in all his (mis)adventures in life. Their Boston accents are absolutely flawless in this film. Will, working as a janitor at MIT, spots an incredibly difficult problem on a blackboard outside one of the lecture halls and solves it inside of a minute without breaking a sweat--he's a genius, possibly a super-genius, and we see him able to match wits even with arrogant Harvard students (as in one very amusing scene in a Cambridge bar/Harvard hangout spot) quite easily. He is spotted by Professor Gerald Lambeau (Stelland Skaarsgard), who agrees to bail Will out of jail after his most recent scrape with the law if he'll 1) work with the professor on solving some very difficult math problems and 2) see a psychiatrist to work out his problems.

Will, who grew up an orphan in and out of various foster homes, often being horribly abused, has developed a tough outer shell that makes him push everyone away who tries to get too close--he tears down each of the professor's suggested shrinks until Lambeau matches him up with Sean Kelly (Robin Williams, in the best piece of acting he's ever done), who turns out to be, in many ways, Will's soul-brother (another Southie native who had a hard childhood). He even keeps Schuyler (Minnie Driver), his girlfriend, at a distance with a tall tale about his 12 Irish Catholic brothers, even though it's clear he's quite fond of her, and she's in love with him.

The story that unfolds, while it may be somewhat cliche, is also one we can all easily recognise, having some element of our lives--the climactic scene, in which Sean finally breaks through to Will by gently reminding him that all the trouble that's befallen him in his life is not his fault never fails to get me choked up and teary-eyed. Will's story is that of a misunderstood soul trying to get through life the only way he knows how--the hard way. It takes a kindred spirit to get him to see that it doesn't have to be like that, and that he can do much better for himself. Even his blue-collar friends, none of whom has more than middling prospects in life, know he's special and want to see him succeed.

It's a great movie, and if you have a soft spot for Boston, you'll have another reason to enjoy this gem. Definitely recommended.