When: Friday 6th December 2024

Hosted by: WMIP Analytic Film Group

We meet regularly online (once every couple of months) and bring analytic thinking to discussions on a range of films. Group members suggest film and at the end of each session we draw the title for our next session. Films are introduced by the proposer who invites the group members into an exploration from a psychological perspective

This film is available to watch on Apple, TV £3.49, Amazon Video £3.49, Sky Store £3.49, Microsoft £3.49

GOOD WILL HUNTING

Box office smash and boasting critical acclaim, this film has held its appeal since its release in 1997. The film tells the story of janitor Will Hunting, whose mathematical genius is discovered by a Professor Lambeau at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Already on parole,

Will is involved in an affray and the conditions to avoid jail include taking up studies in maths and entering into psychotherapy. He begins therapy with Dr Sean Maguire and as the  relationship develops, they both find themselves challenged by their pasts.

Good Will Hunting contains a stellar cast including Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Minnie Driver Ben Affleck and Stellan Skarsgård. Critics have said of the film:

It’s a movie that captures (in a way that perhaps an older screenwriter could not convey) the limitless possibilities of youth, a movie in which a character can tell another, without cynicism, “You could do anything you want. You are bound by nothing.” Jason Bailey, Vice, Dec 17 2015

Adding moments of erudition and salty wit to a feelgood tale proves to be a winning formula. Edward Porter, Sunday Times, Mar 13, 2023.

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 Please email laurachaisty19@gmail.com to register your details by Friday 6th December.

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