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GOOD WILL HUNTING
December 3, 2015  | By David Bianculli

Showtime, 6:50 p.m. ET

 
This 1997 drama is worth revisiting, for many different reasons. It catches both Ben Affleck and Matt Damon at the start of their careers, when on screen, they look like, and play, the very young men they are. And since they co-wrote the original screenplay, and were awarded an Oscar for their efforts, it’s a great lesson in one very unorthodox way to launch a career – by writing your own roles. And finally, it provided a strong dramatic (and also Oscar-winning) role for Robin Williams, who portrays a therapist carrying the sort of angst that, in retrospect, is that much sadder.
 
 
 
 
 
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