What Makes Will Hunting So Good? A Film Analysis Through the Lens of Class Will Hunting takes a break from his janitorial duties to solve a problem no one else can solve Film Synopsis. Good Will Hunting (1997), by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, is about a South Boston mathematical genius who is a broom-pusher at MIT. Will, an orphan, grew up in foster homes and was physically abused as a child. He solves math problems that Lambeau, a MIT professor, writes on a hallway chalkboard. For the students at this prestigious university, these problems are extremely difficult. For Will, they are easy. Will solves a graduate level math problem that Lambeau has written on the board to challenge his students. Lambeau is impressed, but when no one steps forward to claim the work, he posts another problem, one that took him and his colleagues two years to solve. Profess...
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