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Rain Man is the kind of touching drama that Oscars are made for--and, sure enough, the film took Academy honors for best picture, director, screenplay, and actor (Dustin Hoffman) in 1988. Hoffman plays Raymond, an autistic savant whose late father has left him $3 million in a trust. This gets the attention of his materialistic younger brother, a hot-shot LA car dealer named Charlie (Tom Cruise) who wasn't even aware of Raymond's existence until he read his estranged father's will. Charlie picks up Raymond and takes him on a cross-country journey that becomes a voyage of discovery for Charlie, and, perhaps, for Raymond, too. Rain Man will either captivate you or irritate you (Raymond's sputtering of repetitious phrases is enough to drive anyone crazy), but it is obviously a labor of love for those involved. Hoffman had been attached to the film for many years, as various directors and writers came and went, but his persistence eventually paid off--kind of like Raymond in Las Vegas. Look for director Barry Levinson in a cameo as a psychiatrist near the end of the film. --Jim Emerson
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Rain Man,
This review is from: Rain Man (VHS Tape)
This is an excellent movie to watch (funny, dramatic, romanctic)very entertaining. A must see movie for anyone who collect movies, this is a classic at its best.
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Rain Man's a Classic!,
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This review is from: Rain Man [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
First - Amazon ROCKS! Ordered and received within a couple of days! Although I've watched this movie before, I wanted it in my blu-ray library and had decided to only purchase movies I LOVED and would watch repeatedly. Rain Man is one of those movies! What starts out as a scam as the one brother learns he has a Savant brother in an institution that has been awarded all their dad's money from his will, ends up with love and compassion but with a long road in between. Such a touching, funny and educational movie...a must buy!
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Hoffman is Brilliant and Cruise is also very good (4.5/5),
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This review is from: Rain Man (Special Edition) (DVD)
i first saw this movie in high school,and recall feeling indifferenttowards it.flash forward several years,and what a difference.this time around,i really liked it.for one,i paid more attention to it.i also liked it because Dustin Hoffman's portrayal of an autistic person was bang on.the reason i say this is because i work with an autistic individual.Hoffman must have done a lot of research for the role.either that,or he's a complete and utter genius.Tom Cruise is also good as the man who finds out he has an autistic brother.Cruise's character(Charlie Babbit)goes from being an ego-centric materialistic and shallow human being,to someone who actually has compassion and doesn't just think of himself.Cruise makes the transformation very credible.i bought every minute of it.the story is fairly original,as far as i know,even today.there are also bits of lite humour sprinkled throughout,which don't detract from the quality of the film at all.for me,rain man is a 4.5/5
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