Good Will Hunting Critic Reviews

First and foremost, Good Will Hunting is a film riding young, exuberant energies.Read the full review

Intimate, heartfelt and wickedly funny, it's a movie whose impact lingers.Read the full review

Director Van Sant, who made the lyrical "Mala Noche," "Drugstore Cowboy" and "My Own Private Idaho," returns to his favorite hunting ground -- the subworlds of grimy, poetic lost boys -- and pulls us right inRead the full review

The script's bare bones are familiar, yet the film also has fine acting, steady momentum, a sharp eye and a very warm heart.Read the full review

Damon convincingly matches Williams recrimination for recrimination in this portrayal of mutual tough love, even with the latter giving what may be the best performance of his career.Read the full review

This beautifully realized tale is always engaging and often quite touching.Read the full review

It's the individual moments, not the payoff, that make it so effective.Read the full review

Stuffed--indeed, overstuffed--with heart, soul, audacity, and blarney. You may not believe a minute of it, but you don't necessarily want to stop watching.Read the full review

An ordinary story told well. Taken as a whole, there's little that's special about this tale -- it follows a traditional narrative path, leaves the audience with a warm, fuzzy feeling, and never really challenges or surprises us.Read the full review