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How a 4-Minute Monologue by Robin Williams Made Me Rethink My Behavior
(Re)watch this beloved scene in film history
When I can’t decide what to watch on Netflix, Amazon Prime, or DisneyPlus (choice paralysis, anyone?), I randomly pick an old film. Preferably something I liked a decade or more ago.
One night, I watched Good Will Hunting, the 1997 American psychological drama starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Robin Williams and directed by Gus Van Sant. You might recall it as the film that won Damon and Affleck the Oscar for original screenplay.
I haven’t watched Good Will Hunting in ages, so I’ve forgotten how beautiful it is. I found one scene so touching that I had to replay it just to hang on to every word.
If you don’t remember the iconic “bench scene” between Dr. Sean Maguire (Williams) and Will Hunting (Damon), watch it again below. Go ahead, I’ll wait…
“You’re an orphan, right? Do you think I’d know the first…
