The Reel Rejects - GOOD WILL HUNTING (1997) MOVIE REVIEW!! SO MOVING!!

Episode Date: January 11, 2026

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Errol. Andrewsif. How are you feeling? Are you self-heeled now? Did Sean Gwire and Will do their jobs? Did you feel something? I did feel. I felt a lot of things.

Yeah, this movie was really, really good. I thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed it. It's interesting watching this movie as an adult, kind of how I was saying in the opening, how movies and experiences change over time. I felt like this is definitely one that did that for me, especially now being, I guess in between where, you know, Robin Williams' character is and where Will is, and how somebody's potential for success or what they want to be in life can be blocked or even they could, you know, get in the way of their own blessings because of their history, because of their trauma, because of their past.

and learning that it's okay to feel your feelings. I feel like this movie really advocates and speaks to, and speaks to, not letting things like your past, your fears, your trauma, getting the way of love, getting the way of your future, or even the fact that, you know, men are okay to cry. Like, I think that's one of the beautiful things that we do here that allows us to express our feelings. And I hope that, you know, for both of us, that we've kind of given you guys permission, the men out there to express yourselves in a way that is not traditionally taught in the landscape of masculinity.

You know, it's this fuller thing that we kind of, as men have been taught to not feel our feelings, to not cry. And yeah, and me as a black man, me as a bigger man, I think that it's important to allow ourselves to feel those things. I'm happy that this movie gave us the gateway. Someone who is from the streets of Boston is from a hardened community and was given the permission to know that it's not his fault. Whatever happened to him prior to that, that fear that kind of guarded him. that's guided him his entire life is not the thing that should control him. For sure. And he should be able to achieve the things he wants in life and he deserves to have those things.

And I feel like, yeah, that really resonated with me at a core level. So, yeah, I am extremely grateful and appreciated the experience of this movie. Absolutely. Andrew. Aaron, I felt a lot while watching. It was an incredible experience. The performance is top-notch direction by Gus Van San, phenomenal cinematography, Danny L.

by, I just said Gus Vance, I met the cinematography who I don't know who the DP was. The score by Danny Elfin, very underrated. It's one of my favorites scores from him, by the way. I know, as I mentioned at the beginning, usually bombastic, heroic scores are usually my jam when it comes to Danny Elfin or like an Edward Cisorhands where you really get like that triumphant, tragic love theme, as you would in that type of film. but this really hit me in the fields as well. His score really got you expressing what I should be feeling, and I think that's whatever great score should do. Let's start with Matt Damon really quickly,

and I'll just pivot over to Robin Williams and the relationship that they formed and the self-healing between the two of them, and then we'll get into the questions. I thought this film was just so beautifully done, and the messaging and the themes throughout, just I feel really prevalent. to just, I think and speak for a lot of us and myself as well.

It's just like, it's never too late to heal, no matter what type of trauma or past we've been through. And the case of Will hunting, he is a brilliant mind, probably one of the most brilliant minds in the world, but he has a physical and mentally abused type of past that he has gone through, and nobody understands until he meets Sean McGuire. and Sean resonates with that with him

not only the fact that he I love that we don't get the reveal that he actually had somewhat similar past to him in that sense he doesn't have the mindset in terms of the intelligence that Will does although he is a brilliant mind in his own right as well yeah but the difference between the two of them while Sean is a very brilliant mind not to the level of Will of course but brilliant in his own mind

the difference between the two of them is he healed at some point in his life, whereas Will had not, and he risked it all for love, and he chose to experience life. And that's what he was trying to do for Will. He was trying to give him a chance to live life. And he understood that, hey, man, I know what you've been through. And I want you to experience this beautiful gift that we have is life. And I want you to get to experience the wonders. And don't read a, like, look, reading is great. I think that's one. And your mind is great, but you can't live life and get this cynical nature that you have by, by sticking your head in the sand or in a book every day. That's not how you live life. Like,

you can't do that, but you've got to go out and experience it. And I want that for you. And the way that, and the raw intimate relationship that they had with each other, it was just deeply affecting. And it was every scene was so beautiful to watch. The way they explored these two characters and expanded upon them. It was just, you really felt something. Every second that you watched them together, it really felt like

a father, son, bonding type of relationship, the more that they grew attached to each other, honestly. I really felt that, like, that Sean really cared so deeply for this young man. And I think he saw a lot of, besides the fact

that he really did care for him, he saw a lot of himself in Will. Again, wanted him to experience the things that he got to experience, even though he has, what do they say, to have love and lost his better, to have never have loved at all? And he wanted that for Will.

And I'm so touched and moved by that. Like, Sean, I know it's recency biased. I know I've seen the movie once a long time ago. I really feel like I had to talk with Aaron about this when we were at home the other night. I said, it's fascinating when you watch movies at different points in your life, and I use the film The Dark Night Rises as an example. I said, I've had a love-hate relationship with that film. It's still a

good film, in my opinion. I know a lot of people feel indifferent about that. It's definitely the weakest of the three, in my opinion. And I know this is a controversial thing, which I'm getting a little off topic. I think Batman Begins is the best one, although Heath Ledrick is the best performance in the three films, and that elevates that. But the point I'm making is I went through a major depression throughout, I would say it was 2019. And when I went through that, I'm like, oh, I can, granted, I can't resonate with Bruce Wayne because I'm not a billionaire, but I can resonate with how he's feeling throughout this film after the loss of Rachel.

Now, I have not loved someone like he did and then lost her in the way he did and then found out she actually chose another man. I don't feel that, but I feel the depression that this man is really struggling with and going through. And that resonated with me. Now, because I'm at a different point in my life, I feel something a lot more relatable towards this film and it hits me now on a deeper level. And now I like this film a lot more.

It's a very bleak film, but I do appreciate it. I appreciate the deeper, the depths that this film was willing to go to. I would say that about this film. I remember enjoying it, the things I do, the couple things I did remember, but because I feel like I'm at, especially with recent events in the last few months, I feel like I'm at a much different point in my life than I've ever been. I feel like I listen a lot more. I feel like I am a more methodical person.

I think on a deeper level, and this film hit me in a much deeper place than it possibly did five, six, seven, eight years ago whenever I watched it last. So I would say this is one of, if not my favorite Robin Williams' performances. I like how just he infused a little bit of humor into the role, no doubt,

but you could also feel the pain and struggle of this character as well. And I just, this is one of, because usually with a Robin Williams type of role, I've seen him be dramatic in roles, but the way he was able to balance out those two things of pain, humor, and just having that caring side to him was just incredible to watch his versatility on hand. He is just a powerful actor at hand, just doing the work. And also Matt Damon, his performance, these two performances are just master classes of

fantastic. And I think Robin Williams won the Academy Award. If I'm not mistaken, I think I remember him going up to win it. I don't know if Matt Damon did. I'm sure he was nominated. I remember the film winning some awards, but

Matt Damon definitely deserved to be nominated. But their chemistry, I think, at the hardcore, is the heart of the film. I would say, as much as I appreciate the relationship between Mini Driver and Matt Damon, I would say that is the heart of the film. And I think it was my favorite relationship of the film, the healing that they both got from each other. I think that is a

really quick, and then I'll get to the, we'll get to the questions because I know I'm going on a tangent here because this movie really felt meant a lot to me personally. I think the thing that I learned a lot from this film is having such an important support system and learning that we can connect with others is a way of self-healing. It really does help as opposed to trying to go through it all alone. And it's okay to, you know, in order to forget, in, in a way of, in order to heal is okay to seek forgiveness. And I think that was just beautifully executed and just done and know your worth in life.

And I think it was just beautiful. So well done. The script was just beautiful. So I'm sure other questions are going to go into more of what we're talking about. So again, if you become a sexy reject, you can chime in on a lot of these questions that are being asked in front of us.

So we're going to start right away here with Devin Valenzuela. He rejects. This film absolutely destroyed me in the most beautiful way possible when I first watched it. Same. The honesty, Matt Damon and Robin Williams

put into their performances is incredible. But what struck me most about the film was the honest depiction of how men deal with their mental health and their approach to topics such as therapy, relationships, and masculinity. And it made me wonder how other men have interpreted

these scenes. So what was the most impactful, memorable moment for you? And who do you think gave the pest performance? PS, been watching since Suicide Squad trailer reaction back in 2016? Huge fan. Thank you, thank you. I appreciate you. That's a good one. For the most impactful, memorable, I think it's the two of them. They're both so damn good. If I had a gun to my head and I had to pick one, that's so freaking hard. Seriously, I would probably go Robin Williams, but it's not easy for me to pick that. Just, that's hard, man. That's a really hard choice. I'd go Robin Williams. Just the way he was able to, the way he was able to really relate to Mike, the way he was able to relate to Will and just viewed him not as a job and as a human being

and really wanted what was best for him. And, uh, I just, I really appreciated Robin's performance. And also the fact that he will was also healing towards, like, Will was also healing towards him in a major sense. And that he was able to now go on and live his life. I just, it was just such a beautiful emotional arc that went through with his character. So it was crazy. Like being with Will was therapy for Robin Williams' character.

It was, I think it was just so touching and so beautiful. But what about you? which performance was the one for you. Oh, that's nice. I think Matt Damon did a great job of leading the film. But yeah, I think it would have to echo your sentiments. I feel like Robin Williams did an amazing job as the supporting character. And I feel like I would have to say that because his scenes, his interactions were the things that made me cry most because he was so grounded and so present in the movie.

And whenever he was speaking, you really felt the history that he was talking about. You felt his love for Nancy, even though we never see a second of her on screen. We felt his sorrow. We felt his joy. We felt his memories of him talking about her farting so loud. She woke the dog up. And then him taking the cover for that to not embarrass her. And, yeah, I've never been able to.

Not that I've never been able to, but I feel like this is the, one of the strongest examples of feeling a character's love without seeing them engage in a romantic sort of environment or romantic setting. You know, you saw this love story between the two of them in your head. And the way he's able to meet Will on that level when he was somebody who couldn't be cracked by anybody, nobody can challenge him because he's patient, because he sees through the BS, he's there at the end. the only person probably in the world who could hold him and allow him to cry like i don't even though

he loves um many drivers character i don't think that he's even ready to get to a level with her like that for sure but because he shares that pain because he's able to see well i feel like he has that exclusive access into knowing him on that truer level so yeah i would say it's a it's a toss up between that's not your fault scene, the park bench scene where he puts him in his place and then him telling him about his wife and when she farted and like the story about how they first met. I believe that's the same scene. And the rage too when he spoke about his wife too and you see like he's a South Ebrae ready to get down if you speak about his wife too like seeing that that was within him. Yeah, all those were good scenes. I would have to say the one

that made me cry the most that I felt the most was that it's not your fault. But I think that first seen with him on the bench really struck me. That was amazing. Because he wasn't even trying to to like make him emotional per se. He was really letting him know that you don't know as much you think you do. And I felt like the way he was able to access that for him while showcasing some vulnerability on his own part before getting will to be honest and vulnerable because that's the whole intention for why they're meeting in the first place. I thought that was amazing. And Um, yeah, this is something that I will rewatch, definitely. I would love, this is one of those movies that I would love to show people,

love to experience people with somebody, love to cry with someone. Um, yeah, men and men and women. I think this movie is really, right? I'm glad to be, I'm glad we got to cry together on this one. I know, I know we cried together on the, the Jennifer Gardner film with the kid from Jurassic World. I forgot what that movie was called. Oh, love Simon.

Love Simon. Thank you. But yeah, I think, Aaron, you just made a terrific point. This love story that we got to hear with about Nancy, you really got to feel it in every single line that Robin Williams is giving us with lines of dialogue. And I really, like, when it comes to that kind of thing, a lot of times I say show, don't tell. And when it comes to exposition. And this was a rare time where I'm like, this is exposition that's done organically

because he's telling someone something that doesn't know it. So it's a natural conversation. But he's also telling in a way that we, the audience, can follow. It's like we can picture in our head this story he's telling us as well. Yeah. It's beautifully done exposition as opposed to exposition to hit us over the head and like, you don't understand audience. Let me help you out to get the point across.

But it's also not an easy task. You can say those lines, sure, but it takes a really strong actor. Someone's grounded to be able to showcase love and joy, in grief, and sacrifice all within your micro-expression. 100%. In a single frame without a ton of cutting. I thought that's real masterclass acting right there. It's not just acting. It's living.

For sure. And I think like some of the beautiful direction as well in that particular scene you were talking about, the one where they were at the benchpark and he was just allowing him to say, you don't know as much as you think you know. Everything you know is in a book. You haven't experienced life like I have. Granted from the life of mental and physical abuse in that sense, but that's not living life.

That's the harsher ends of life that you have experienced. We're talking about the beauty of life that you have not experienced yet. You have a cynical nature on life based on that and everything you have read and the great mind that you now have. So that's why you perceive such a cynical nature of the world. And I'm here to put you in your place right now in this moment. which I thought was a beautifully well done levels of dialogue

that he was displaying in his acting prow was on display. But the thing I just wanted to really quickly reiterate here and say the way they had the camera close up on Robin Williams there, slow, slow, slow pan out, slow pan out, slow pan out. No reaction to Matt Williams,

no reaction to Matt Damon, no reaction. And then after about two, three minutes, Matt Damon's reaction, nothing, speechless. perfect absolutely perfect like I don't know where Ben Affleck

and Matt Damon as well came with the idea to write that kind of dial phenomenal because at that point Will had not really been speechless

up until that portion of the film so to see someone yeah to see someone really put him in his place in a place of

I understand where you're coming from and you are right someone gets me it was really effective like for us the audience as well as will just a beautiful scene there was yeah thank you so much for the question we appreciate

Dee wood I like to call movies like this struggle movie because I am going I'm going through life's many struggles this movie helps me feel grounded do you have a movie slash movies like that where it helps

you relate to things that are going on through and slash or helps ease some emotions. Not sure if that makes sense. It does. Anyways, love the movie. Love that you guys are willing to share your feelings at the beginning of each of these reactions. Thank you.

Do you? I got to think for a moment. Do you have any? Movies that affect me? Yeah. I feel like 500 days of summer affects me. Perkins of being a wallflower really affects me. I love both of those films.

It's been a minute. I'm due for a rewatch, because I feel like kind of how he mentioned earlier, different movies affect you at different times of your life and hit you in a different way based upon your experiences and your age. This one. This one, exactly. But another one that I'm looking forward to revisiting is the before trilogy, before sunrise, before sunset, and before midnight. Oh, it's great. It's Ethan Hawk. Yeah, you've heard it.

We've definitely brought it up before. Before you brought it up a couple days ago, I've never heard of it. Oh, wow. Beautiful, beautiful trilogy. That would be a fun to react to. It's not the most exciting movies, but they're, yeah, they're very dialogue-driven, very interaction-driven. Give me good stories. Very good, great stories.

But, yeah, I would say those are the ones that come to mind in this particular moment because they are just so real. And my favorite types of movies that can make you laugh just as much as they can make you cry are just real and honest and vulnerable. So I feel like all those movies in those sense really represent. present that and I don't go into the stories of each of the before sunrise or before trilogy movies but I feel like you gain something new out of each of them because of the type of conversations that are being had but yeah thank you so much de wood for asking this question I would say those are the ones I would say it's hard to just come up with a list on the spot I'd have to really think about and put some level of depth to where I want to channel myself certain times of my life of my

where this i know for a fact whenever i watch click with adam sandler i always cry when i watch that movie always i'm probably got to imagine now given recent events as i mentioned earlier i'm going to cry a lot more watching that movie now like way more i'm trying to think what other movies you guys saw what i reacted to the flash with the mom i was bawling my eyes out so i would say anything that's going to have a parent passing away. Just anything that's going to affect me where I really deeply care about the characters, something that's going to be thought-provoking as well

could affect me. It all depends on context, I would say, how the characters, how invested I am, what the context is, what the themes are. There's all different levels of things that can affect me. So I don't know if it's so much that, well, what was the question? Is it time of year or where I'm at in my life?

It's where I'm at in my life, right? Is that what the question was? Life's Many Struggles? Yeah, like what helps you relate to movies that you're going through? I would say. Are there any movies like that like that help you feel grounded or have like struggling, I suppose? Say like what do I relate to the most? What am I feeling?

How invested in the characters am I would say those are the things for sure. Thank you, DeWitt, for the question. We appreciate you. And let us know in the comments. What are some films, as Dee Wood was just mentioning? All right, from TM. When you think about Will finally break. taking down in Sean's office and hearing it's not your fault.

Do you think that moment was more about forgiveness or about finally feeling safe enough to be seen? I feel like it's about being seen. I don't know if he necessarily had forgiveness on the brain per se, if anything, maybe forgiving himself for pushing people away rather than forgiving the people that have actually abused him. And I also thought that when he was telling that story, it had never, granted it's been a minute since I've seen it, but it never occurred to me that the kaleidoscope thing was like him being abused. And his vision was like messed up because his dad had beat him with a wrench. Good point. So, wow, that's a really clever film way of showcasing something so brutal and so dark.

But yeah, I feel like it's a combination of both, forgiving the self, but also allowing somebody finally in. in and him seeing him forgive himself, feeling safe enough to allow somebody see you forgive yourself in that moment, but also feeling safe enough to be vulnerable. And, you know, it was almost involuntary at that point because he felt his resistance towards actually hearing and feeling what he, what, what Sean was saying. Right. And he finally just kind of broke down this reservoir of years, of 20 years worth of tears and pain just kind of came out.

And Sean was there to hold and embrace that. So I feel like that was really, really beautiful. So yeah, I would say a combination of both. I would agree with that. I think, like, I don't know if whose forgiveness towards the people that have done this. I think that goes to it. Because there have been people who have really wronged me in my life, even family, that I'm still not at a level of. forgiveness. I'm not going to go into depth. I know I made a comment like that. It's like,

please give us more context. I'll just leave it at that. I want to be respectful here. But having said that, I don't think it was about that. I think it was more forgiveness to himself. Like, a lot of times will deflects and he doesn't allow people in and he rejects them and pushes them out of his life. So I think he was more about forgiving himself. And finally, as you mentioned, feeling safe enough to be seen to allow people. And yes, he does. have his friends who, because they have shown loyalty to him his whole life and those he allows him, but we're talking

about the ones like for love, for instance. I think that was more about forgiveness for what he has done with many drivers' character and it's like, I'm ready to embrace life and forgive myself for that and ready to do this now. So I think it was more about that in that moment, as opposed to

I'm going to forgive the people that mentally and physically abused me. Maybe at some point in life now that he's, I would imagine maybe 10, 15, years he's married with many drivers character they have a family of kids possibility he could forgive them still a dark and awful thing that they did but look at the beautiful life it it doesn't justify what they did but look at the beautiful life i i have now as a result not as a result of what they did but from all the things and all the healing that have come from this i would say so thank you so much tam

for the question we appreciate you pierre the reject hello Aaron and Andrew. Hello, Perry Air, the Reject. Love this film. What is your favorite quote from the movie? The most notable quote is, how do you like them apples? Yeah, that's the only one I remembered. It was my favorite quote. There were so many good ones. You'd think I can't remember it. Yeah, let's make life a little easier for us. I got mine already. Oh, okay. Why don't you go? It's not your fault. It's got to be hard for me to get better than that, but that's a pretty good one. I feel like that's the most iconic one from the movie. Yeah, I don't want to copy you, but that's pretty damn. That's pretty damn good. Oh, I love that one. The one where he's talking about his wife, people call these things imperfections, but they're not.

Oh, that's the good stuff. And then we get to choose who we let into our weird little worlds. I would go. I'd go with that because like The fact that like That is love right there You don't care with someone else He was trying to relate to Mike

Like I'm worried about this girl like Not seeing the perfection in me And then I'm not gonna see her Is this perfect thing I have her on a pedestal She's got me on a pedestal It's like dude my wife farted And woke me up every night And I didn't even let her know it was her

I let her think it was me That's love That's love Yeah that was specifically made me cry That is so damn relatable Like, because so many people worry about the ones that we let into our lives that we're going to let us go because they don't view us as these perfect things that we want them to see us as. Oh, so touching. I like that one. It's not your fault. You didn't remember that line. It's not your fault. It's not your fault. It's not your fault.

Thank you so much for the question, Pierre. We appreciate you. Matthew, from janitor to mathematical genius is quite the reveal of a secret skill. Do either of you have any fascinating? skills outside the role you play in critical pieces to the best damn channel on YouTube I say a lot of references if you guys don't know I'm not sure any of you were aware of that did did you know that no no never heard him is there any secret talents that I can name all the presidents of the United States I have an order that's a that's a guy I know about so I don't know if that's a secret talent though but I do know I mean, I think the audience might know about, you know, being your other skill that you're proficient at. Which skill is that?

Well, you're making a lot of sports references. Oh, sports? Baseball references in the movie. Oh, I do know sports, for sure. If you give me a year from 1980 to, I would say, 2010, I can tell you, without looking it up, I could tell you any NBA winner, and most likely who the MVP right now, give me a year. 1980 to 2010 just say a year

1981 why do you have to pick 81 81 I'm going to go you have to go with that year you have to go with that year you're such a big window Boston Celtics over the Houston Rockets four games said two I'm going to go with Larry Bird

was the MVP as my guess you can go look it up let me know in the comments go ahead what's your talent well I think I talked about it a few times on here probably but yeah outside of doing YouTube I do acting and I am a poet. But another skill I have, we're not on YouTube and now we're not acting.

Now we're not doing poetry. I would likely be a massage therapist. Yeah, I have a few people in my life that are massage therapists. And though I've never been to formal schooling, I have been told that I have the natural inclination for massage therapy. And I feel like I am kind of like how Will was talking about the pianos earlier. and he's like some people can just read or just know it. I feel like that's how I am with like detecting like stress and like knots in the body. For sure.

So that's my answer. I was correct. It was four games to two. Boston Celtics, as you just saw. But I was wrong. It was not Larry Bird. It was Cedricic.

So sorry about that. Roxy and Coy, my fellow geek chick. My God. I was wrong. But that is one of my talents. I can tell you any from the 1980, 2010. Okay.

Let's go on to the next one here. Thank you, Matthew, by the way. Cody Price. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are a terrific team working together, truly. They won the Academy Award for Writing Goodwill Hunting. They wrote the underrated film, The Last Dual. Never seen that. Now they have their own production company, artist equity.

That has brought out such hit films as Air and the accountant, too. Cool. Is there a particular genre or a particular IP you would like them to take on as either writers or producers? Is there a particular genre or particular IP You Would Like Them to Take On On Yes, Batman and Robert Uh-huh As writer producers

Um, I know they're working on a film right now That's like a, they're both playing cops in a movie The thing that's coming out next year That would be interesting But they haven't done anything on screen together in a long time You're saying writers, right? Yeah Air was phenomenal I loved that movie

Were they both in Air? Air was direct. by Ben Affleck and he also played I believe the owner of Nike and Matt Damon played Sonny Vaccaro. That's right they were both in that. That's right. Great movie. Yeah, yeah.

That's a tough one. I'm good with them sticking with I mean if they want to do some action films by all means they're both. I mean you got the accountant, Batman and you also got Jason Bourne. If they want to do some action hell yeah, infuse a little drama as well and so we can get some emotional

pull and feel. I like when They would do drama with it infused with some comedic beats as well so we can get a little humor in there. But whatever they do, I will watch. You know what? Like, can we look up how old Robin Williams was when he made Goodwill Hunter? We just got a few minutes here, but you know, we could do that. Yeah, it'll be quick. How old was Robin Williams?

Because I want to see if Matt Damon is older now that Robin Williams was when he shot it. Was 45 years old and 97. And how old is Matt Damon now? I'm going to guess in his 50s. Old is Matt Damon now. 55? Wow, 10 years older than he was, than Robert Williams was. I would want a Goodwill hunting sequel,

where Will is now the mentor, teaching some other kid. But you still feel the weight of the loss of Sean, though. Exactly. Yeah. If they did that, I'd definitely be fascinated to see. I'd be there. You make the circumstances a little different, but yeah, him embarking the wisdom, knowing that Will has kind of grown,

but is now in a position to help another kid who's maybe not exactly the same as Will, but like it's proficient in some other area helping him heal. I think that'd be great. It's not the same thing, but it's a little reminiscent to Mr. Miyagi's gone and Cobra Kai, and now Daniel's taken up the mantle, and now we see how he is reacting to the situation. Exactly. Yeah, for sure. I'd be down.

All right, we got two more things really cool. quickly here. Clayton Crook. Son of a bitch. Stole my line. Was completely improvised as well. I kissed the crew laughed and loved it so much. They kept it in the final cut of the film. R.I.P. Robin Williams. Two copy off of Happy, Sad, Confused Pod.

What's an actor that just makes you happy every time you see them on screen and makes you feel warm and happy? Robin Williams is perfectly acceptable answer. I totally get it. Laugh how loud he's mine. Well, Clayton, he's all so fine, too. It does not matter what the film is. I'm always so happy to watch. William. Mrs. Dalfire usually might go to Aladdin, just listened to him for hours.

I would rewatch that movie so much as a kid just for the genie alone. Same thing with Mrs. Dauphire. There's a movie, too. A lot of people did not care for, but I was so touched by the film. It was directed by the same director as Mrs. Dauphire in the first two Harry Potter films, Chris Columbus, called Bicentennial Man. It was a very dramatic film. I saw that as a kid. I need to rewatch it.

Yeah. But it doesn't matter whether Ron Witton. Williams, this is in a comedy or dramatic film. He always just hit me with the touch. Dead Poet Society it's just good morning. Vietnam's been a long time since I saw it. But dude was so freaking versatile. Such a great

freaking actor. I would say to another actor that always makes me feel at least made me laugh hysterically so we'll go with happy. I'll say Jim Carrey or mid-to-late 90s always made me go hysterically laughing. So I would say Jim Carrey. What about

you anyone in particular yeah i mean granted his his repertoire is a lot more diverse now i would love sing will smith every time he popped up on the screen um who else bernie mack was also great every time i see him pop up very good yeah just like that little bit he hadn't the first transformers he was so funny he's only like five six men he's so funny he's such a standout now mart morin lawrence as well also makes me happy yeah i would say those are my three right now good choices all right let us know the comments who are your choices All right, last thing here we have from Tarra. Tarra. Trivia. Fun fact. The story Robin Williams tells Matt's character about his wife farting was completely improvised in the moment, which is why Matt's reaction appeared so genuine. That's great.

The way this man was able to improvise, that's incredible. Even if that was written down the way he was able to express that and explain that, like I truly felt like Aaron and I and us, the audience, were there and could paint him. story of Sean and his wife in bed going over these things. But the fact that Robin was able to improvise that and still make me feel like I was there in his head, God, dang, he's such a good actor. Yeah, it was really impressive. That was a great scene.

Yeah, amazing movie. Really hit me in the fields. I loved it so much. This is one of the better drama. I'm not going to say dromedies. No one would call it a comedy. One of the better dramas. It had a lot of resonating themes.

powerful performances by Matt Damon, Robin Williams. I also want to give Ben Affleck as well. He had a great performance. I loved him as a friend. He really looked out for, he's a good friend, really cared about Matt,

Will, and I think he was a real one. I also liked many drivers. Well, I love that she was not judgmental in any way, and she was extremely fine. I loved her accent as well. So I'm so happy that in the end, he chose to pursue love and live life. And I think there was something so timeless

and so beautiful about this film. Great job by Gus Van Sant, Danny Elfman, the whole crew, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck writing. Beautiful, beautiful film. Aaron, any final thoughts? No, it was great. I call The Sentiments Rotten Tomatoes. Critics, I will go 95%. Audience, I will go 92%.

95-92. 97, 94. God! 2%? 2% in both. Dead! I hate let. I hate, sometimes I hate Ron Tempeas.

You're very, very close, friend. That wasn't bad. That wasn't bad. Anyways, thank you guys. If you stuck with us this long, we appreciate you. And yeah, let us know in the comments. What are some other films like Goodwill Hunting or just other films in general? You would like us to react to.

And also is this Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Robin Williams? Is it your favorite performances of theirs? They're best films. We'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below. Take care. Remember, it's never too late to heal. or forgive yourself.