Essays on Good Will Hunting

The film Good Will Hunting was directed by Gus Van Sant and released in 1997. It follows a young man, Will, who works as a janitor at a university. He is a genius, but he also has psychological issues which prevent him from leading a fulfilling life. His friends and the girlfriend he meets make him change his perspective on the world. It is important for all the people to able to realize their full potential in order to be contributing members of the society. The main characters change showing that they realize a deeper life lesson because Will ...

Of the American Dream

Good Will Hunting is an exercise in the many faces of the American Dream, which is poetic since the faces of the American people are vastly different. In this movie, writers Matt Damon and Ben Affleck combine uncanny insight with the directing prowess of Van Sant to create a complicated look at the American life, success, and happiness. They explore the many variations of the American Dream, and provide a glimpse into the psyches of these characters who, in the movie just as in real life, define and sometimes redefine that dream for themselves with every twist in their ...

Introduction

The seriousness of effects of family dysfunction normally underscores importance for the concerned community members and professionals, to help prevent child maltreatment and antisocial behaviors among children any youths. It is thus important for the professional and the concerned community agency to help children and youth who face these problems to identify their abilities and talents hence this will help them to pursue their careers and become important individuals in the society. In the film, “Good Will Hunting,” we understand that Will Hunting (Matt Damon), a genius has suffered serious antisocial behavior and family dysfunction in his life, which initially ...

Introduction

Good Will Hunting is well developed American Drama of 1998 that was written by Affleck and Damon and directed by Gus Van Sant. It consists of several themes that have made it successful and acceptable all over the world. It focuses on Matt Damon, a mathematical genius and employee of Massachusetts Institute of Technology as Will Hunting. In many instances, he does not put his talent to good use because he spent much of his time roaming around in the city with his three friends. It is after a good analysis of his life that one can understand his actions because ...

Finding Forrester, Gus Van Sant's 2000 follow-up to his critically acclaimed film Good Will Hunting, follows a young black youth named Jamal (Rob Brown) whose entrance into a well-respected private high school coincides with his befriending of an eccentric, reclusive Salinger-like fiction writer (Sean Connery), who teaches him to cultivate his writing skills. The film centers around this mentor-mentee relationship, as Forrester befriends someone for the first time in decades, while Jamal finds someone who believes in the things he is actually passionate about. Finding Forrester is a sentimental, treacly yet fairly effective movie that touches on ideas of anti-intellectualism, racism, inner-city ...

Communication in Film

Good Will Hunting

Understanding communication strategies between people can be learned by carefully observing feature films. Dramas are the best because the characters are involved in different types of relationships. Good Will Hunting directed by Gus Van Sant is a movie centered on a young man named Will Hunting who lives in South Boston. Will does not really ‘communicate’ per se with anyone even though he hangs out with a group of friends who are his surrogate brothers. Will is an orphan and has had a difficult life. Because he has had a difficult past he built a lot of defensive walls. He must learn ...