script-of-the-week: Good Will Hunting

by Matt Damon & Ben Affleck (122 pages)

Won a 1998 Oscar for Best Writing (for the screen)

Main points:

1. Well crafted dialogue - feels/sounds natural with strong beats.
2. High Drama with great jokes and humorous moments.
3. Character development is concrete - main characters are defined with clear arcs.
4. Action is realistic.
5. Story has a lot of love and emoition (the writers are clearly pussies)
6. Most Scenes (but not all) can be clearly "interpreted" for the screen.

I would recommend this script for all writers.