Search results
tasteofcinema.com
- Five psychologists fail to connect with Will. Out of sheer desperation, Lambeau finally calls on psychologist Sean Maguire (Robin Williams), an estranged old friend and MIT classmate of his who grew up in the same neighborhood as Will.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0119217/plotsummary/
People also ask
Who is Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting?
What is the best scene in 'Good Will Hunting'?
Who is Sean Maguire?
Can Maguire be Will Hunting's therapist?
While Sean has worked with many troublesome clients over the years, he may have found his most difficult client ever in the brilliant and combative Will Hunting. Relationship Status… widowed. Sean is still deeply in love with his late wife, who died of cancer years ago.
Bringing the big screen to life with description and analysis of Sean Maguire (Robin Williams) in Good Will Hunting.
In desperation, Lambeau calls on Dr. Sean Maguire, his college roommate, who now teaches psychology at Bunker Hill Community College. Unlike the other therapists, Sean actually challenges Will's defense mechanisms.
- Overview
- In Good Will Hunting
Dr. Sean Maguire is the deuteragonist of the 1997 drama film Good Will Hunting. He is the court-ordered therapist of Will Hunting, a troubled math genius and orphan, who tries to break through the young man's defenses and help him overcome his childhood trauma.
He is portrayed by the late Robin Williams, who also portrayed John Keating in Dead Poets Society, Batty Koda in FernGully, Genie in Aladdin, Peter Banning in Hook, Alan Parrish in Jumanji, Phillip Brainard in Flubber, Jack Powell in Jack, Daniel Hillard in Mrs. Doubtfire, Mork in Mork & Mindy, Lance Clayton in World's Greatest Dad, Popeye in Popeye, Ramón and Lovelace in Happy Feet and Happy Feet 2, Dan Rayburn in Old Dogs, Rainbow Randolph in Death to Smoochy, Fender Pinwheeler in Robots, and Theodore Roosevelt in the Night at the Museum franchise.
Three years after the death of Sean's wife, Gerry asks him to counsel young math prodigy Will Hunting so he will not go to jail for getting into a bar fight. Will refuses to cooperate with the therapy and even makes a wisecrack about Sean's wife, which provokes Sean into slamming him against a wall and threatening to "end him" if he ever disrespects her again. The following day, he meets with Will in a park and bluntly tells him that he knows nothing about real life or true, genuine love because he is afraid to lower his defenses and let someone in. Chastened, Will begins trying to make an effort in therapy.
During one session, Will tells Sean that he has met a young woman named Skylar, but is hesitant to pursue a relationship with her. Sean tells him the story of how he met his wife, and advises him to give Skylar a chance. Later, Sean asks Will who his soulmate is; when Will lists a series of long-dead authors and philosophers, Sean confronts him about refusing to have meaningful relationships. Angry, Will accuses Sean of hiding from the world since his wife's death, and storms out of Sean's office.
Gerry blames Sean for Will turning down several prestigious job offers, and accuses him of deliberately sabotaging Will to get back at him for being more successful. Sean angrily retorts that he resents Gerry for thinking that he became a psychiatrist because he "f--ked up", and refuses to let him push Will into the life that he, not Will, wants. At the moment Gerry leaves, Will enters Sean's office for their final session. Sean shows Will the police reports of the abuse that his various foster parents inflicted upon him in order to prompt him to confront the pain he has spent years repressing, and tells him about his own abuse history to show him that he is not alone. He then repeatedly tells Will "It's not your fault" until Will bursts into tears and collapses into his arms.
After making amends with Gerry, Sean decides to take a teaching job as a first step toward re-engaging with the world. In the film's final scene, Sean reads a note Will left on his door before leaving Boston, in which he says he is "going to see about a girl," implied to be Skylar. Sean smiles and says, "Son of a bitch! He stole my line!"
Sean : [to Will] You'll have bad times, but it'll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren't paying attention to. [last lines] [Sean reads a note from Will: "Sean, if the Professor calls about that job, just tell him, sorry, I have to go see about a girl."]
Get all the details on Good Will Hunting: Sean Maguire's Painting. Description, analysis, and more, so you can understand the ins and outs of Good Will Hunting.
Jun 23, 2022 · While the rest of the cast put in solid performances in "Good Will Hunting," it's Robin Williams' turn as Will's psychiatrist and eventual friend Dr. Sean Maguire that truly elevates the movie to...
