Good Will Hunting

“Two young actors with soaring reputations have written themselves a smart and touching screenplay, then seen it directed with style, shrewdness and clarity by Gus Van Sant...Mr. Van Sant neither romanticizes the angst of the film's college-age hero nor finds anything maudlin in his relationship with a middle-aged psychotherapist. In creating the latter character, the screenplay offers Robin Williams the rare serious role that takes full advantage of his talents.”