At a bar, Will meets Skylar, a British woman about to graduate from Harvard College, who plans on attending medical school at Stanford. Will flees when Lambeau catches him writing the solution on the blackboard late at night. As a challenge to the unknown genius, Lambeau posts an even more difficult problem. When Professor Gerald Lambeau posts a difficult combinatorial mathematics problem on a blackboard as a challenge for his graduate students, Will solves the problem anonymously, stunning both the students and Lambeau. He works as a janitor at MIT and spends his free time drinking with his friends Chuckie, Billy, and Morgan. Twenty-year-old Will Hunting of South Boston is a natural genius who is self-taught. In 2014, it was ranked at number 53 in The Hollywood Reporter 's "100 Favorite Films" list.
At the 70th Academy Awards, it received nominations in nine categories, including Best Picture and Best Director, and won in two: Best Supporting Actor for Williams and Best Original Screenplay for Affleck and Damon. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed over $225 million during its theatrical run against a $10 million budget.
Through his therapy sessions, Will re-evaluates his relationships with his best friend (Affleck), his girlfriend, and himself, facing the significant task of confronting his past and thinking about his future. Written by Affleck and Damon, the film follows 20-year-old South Boston janitor Will Hunting (Damon), an unrecognized genius who, as part of a deferred prosecution agreement after assaulting a police officer, becomes a patient of a therapist and studies advanced mathematics with a renowned professor (Skarsgård).
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Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American psychological drama film directed by Gus Van Sant, and starring Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver and Stellan Skarsgård.