In a few days, this Oscar-winning comedy-drama starring the late Robin Williams will no longer appear in Netflix’s catalog. You have little time left to (re)discover it.
Very regularly, streaming platforms sort through their catalog, in order to leave more room for new releases, but also due to the expiration of broadcasting rights, which prevents certain productions from being kept for too long. In the coming days, this very touching Oscar-winning comedy-drama will be removed from Netflix.
Released in 1997, this film was an undeniable critical and commercial success. Directed by Gus Van Sant, Will Hunting above all allowed Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, actors and screenwriters of the feature film, to reach the rank of recognized stars that we know today. In the film, they also play opposite Robin Williams, who won the Oscar for best supporting actor for his subtle and moving performance of a caring therapist, but also suffering since the death of his wife. This comedy-drama also won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1998.
Will Hunting tells the story of a gifted young man (Matt Damon) who, because of a violent childhood, lives alone in a run-down neighborhood in Boston. Thanks to his self-taught character and his intellectual brilliance, he learned many things, particularly mathematics, without effort. But his social origins prevent him from studying.
Working as a janitor and sweeper at the renowned MIT University, he is noticed by an emeritus professor (Stellan Skarsgard) when he solves two very complex mathematical exercises. While the latter wants to give him a chance, our hero is however sentenced to prison, but sees his sentence suspended if he is followed by a psychologist (Robin Williams), who will have to tame the young man.
Upon its release, the feature film received excellent critical reception from the press, but also great success at the box office, earning more than $225.9 million worldwide. Moreover, after the death of Robin Williams on August 11, 2014, several people will go to flower the bench where one of the actor’s now cult monologues was filmed in the film. If you want to (re)see Will Huntingdon’t delay, since this comedy-drama leaves Netflix on June 14, 2024.