Studio executives summary / pitch
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| Young
punk mathematics genius gets loved for first time.
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Short plot
summary |
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Matt Damon plays
mathematics genius with attitude. Robin Williams as his analyst comes to the rescue.
Oscar winning screen play. |
What our
panel of critics thought |
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"Goodness
me, a moment of cinematic excellence dressed up as a normal everyday soap. Wonderful.
If I ever see the DVD in an under $5 rack I will buy it in a trice!" "Mathematical
proof this, bitch." "So,
I took my non recurring string theory droplet thingie and put it in my equation,
like, there, and then I added in a constant, there, dropped in a Boyles law squared
to power 53, there, and I got ? Have you any idea? I haven't? Sorry sir, it's
about that time the dog took over." "String
theory is as broad as it is long." "There
are more f-words in this movie than in the Exorcist. Thankfully there is not as
much projectile vomit." "Robin
Williams has aged to perfection. No nano nano's anywhere in this outing - thank
goodness he outgrew all that, although we are still not 100% sure he doesn't still
sleep upside down or get his wisdom from that man of mystery, Orson. Still, nevertheless
I'm a fan as long as he continues NOT wearing those all in one suits of which
he used to be so fond." "I
cried and cried and cried. Then I stopped, took a shower, fixed a snack and then
cried until all my excess water was expunged from my body. I lost 28 pounds in
one night and my ankles are half the size before I saw this movie. I recommend
it to weight watchers everywhere." "Robin
Williams is the king of therapists. If Kelsey ever retires he should take over
in Fraiser." |
Please
tell me the ending or plot overview if necessary
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| Maths
genius (Will Hunting) has past life baggage to handle, starts out in movie hanging
out with underachiever friends. He
has a job as a janitor at a university where he solves equations put out for students
to solve. Is
incarcerated for assaulting a police officer but is let out on bail by Professor
Lambeau who had noticed his genius. The terms of bail state he must see a therapist. After
three gloriously failed attempts to break through to Will, a character played
by Robin Williams (Sean) comes along. He breaks through to Will in eventually
very emotional therapy sessions, in which Sean's character too is changed. During
counseling Will falls in love with Skylar a rich intelligent young thing. She
moves university to LA and asks Will to come with her. He initially says no. Movie
ends: Will riding off into the sunset to live with her. Lives of Will and Sean
changed forever. |
Justify this movie's existence in the classic strand, by
theVoiceofReason's Mr Cornucopia |
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A veritable
cornucopia of mathematical excellence interspersed with past life recollections
of the abusey-kind. The performances remind one of how one would have reacted,
all those years ago in ones street fighting youth, to a kindly soul of the Mr
Williams type, coming along to cool ones young punk head with such wisdom one
never realized actually existed in this firmament. As if life is being translated
into English for the first time after a lifetime of bookey-study, and the world
that emerges is truly impressive in a well stocked Supermarket kind of way. Failing
that just look at Damon's pecs, a triumph of young flesh on the big screen. |
Alternative
casting suggestions
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| Pavarotti
- Will Hunting Carreras
- Robin Williams Tall
loud bastard - Will's buddy 1 Tall
louder round bastard - Will's buddy 2 Short
quiet but whiny bastard - Will's buddy 3. |
Could
this be made into a children's cartoon show? |
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Yes, Johnny
Bravo is to play Will Hunting in a math special. |
Is
there enough licky love in this film? |
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Yes, a pleasing
amount of boinking, a la Minnie Driver, who provides a necessary interest l'amour
with a gob full of lovely white teeth. |
How
funny is this film? |
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A few jokes
in therapy and in the bars. Minnie, wash your mouth out with soap and Guinness. |
On
screen bloopers left in? (including continuity errors) |
| One
of the proofs is wrong. (The left triangle is too big). |
Would your pets like this movie? |
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Cats love this
movie and will purr all the way through. Dogs
will look for the stick and, not finding one, will violently snap at the tail
of the cat, drawing blood. Mice
will run maniacally round in their wheel, but if it is broken they will try to
fix it with their little noses. |
Would this movie win awards for performances of the f-word? |
| Annoyingly,
for f-word connoisseurs, they tend to drop the g in f-wording. F-wordin' this
f-wordin' that. A small annoyance for the purists but do not let this put you
off, their hearts are in the right place. |
Does the
film attempt technobabble? If so does this succeed? |
| Lots
of formulae on blackboards and one spidery drawing on a napkin, but it is thankfully
assumed the audience is not interested in the finer details of the math and this
subject is relegated to nice easy scenes such as "professor you have a great
mind but YOU ARE WRONG" rather than any attempt at explanation. |
Other comments
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A magnificent
movie. Truly deserving of its Oscar for original screen play. The
"it's not your fault" scene is of all time movie great caliber. |