Rain Man (1988)
Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.
Cast and Information
Directed By: Barry Levinson
Written By: Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow
Starring: Beth Grant, Dustin Hoffman, Valeria Golino, Tom Cruise, Bonnie Hunt, Ray Baker, Lucinda Jenney, Michael D. Roberts, Kim Robillard, Jack Murdock, Ralph Seymour, Gerald R. Molen
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Paxton | 67 50th |
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It is extremely hard to find the right balance when an actor is playing someone that has a mental disability and overall I thought they took it a bit too far with the character's simple mindedness and child like desires. But, that's Tom Cruise for you.
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| 3 | unccomp08 | 90 40th |
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This is a simply brilliant movie. The way the two brothers were able to become close given such a difficult situation is very touching. Hoffman's performance was magnificent as playing the role of someone with severe autism like this would be very difficult. Cruise's performance was also good, an excellant complement to Hoffman. They were also able to effectively add humor to the movie, a difficult task in a movie such as this. Great film!
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Hawkins | 60 25th |
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Boasts two strong lead performances dragged through dull travel montages. Can you believe Hans Zimmer wrote that corny world music? There seems to be a hint at child abuse connecting the brothers' idiosyncrasies - both are emotionally stunted, obsessive, verbose, and prone to outburst. But Charlie remains exploitative far too long for their eventual connection to feel genuine, as the train leaves I get the sense that he's already planning on squeezing his brother for more money somehow.
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| 2 | jwest | 70 51st |
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More a source of annoying catchphrases than a work of art. Still, it has a solid place in popular culture so it should be seen.
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Mussa | 91 92nd |
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"Charlie Babbitt made a joke!"
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Syntheseizur | 51 8th |
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A deeply unpleasant movie that asks you to identify with the frustration of a sociopathic narcissist who only discovers empathy after learning how to exploit his brother for financial gain. On the one hand, it's a brutally honest comment on how social stigmas associated with mental health operate in a high-powered, capitalist society, and on the other hand, it's pretty disturbingly rendered. I'm not sure formula-driven melodrama is the most nuanced medium to be able to strike the right balance.
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Kavu | 82 76th |
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Astonishing performance by Hoffman and Cruise is quite good too. I liked the screenplay but Levinson's directing is a bit too eighties for this movie to be taken seriously, which it deserves.
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TheDiceman | 65 73rd |
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Great film.
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kafka1325 | 76 94th |
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Ok what we have here? Hoffman, Hoffman, Hoffman...
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| 1 | WeebleWobble | 0 1st |
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Boring. Completely and utterly.
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Alex Watkins | 3 38th |
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The casino scenes are fun, anyway. Retard roles always win Oscars but Hoffman is still good in this.
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twincinema | 75 64th |
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A fine film with a weird pan flute score. The scene where Golino teaches Hoffman to kiss feels...odd in 2020. I did love the Hodor reveal of the film's title.
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| 1 | Murravener | 94 95th |
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Dustin Hoffmans performance as an autistic sevant is astoundingly realistic in this beautiful drama about two brothers growing closer together.
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TedDedon | 89 83rd |
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Rain Man is just one of those movies that, for whatever reason, is fantastic. The acting is superb but not much else is identifiably great. That being said, it's still a wonderful movie and it's one I will cherish personally my whole life.
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saucyjack | 79 65th |
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This film is all about the performances, even if Hoffman's could be deemed exploitative. Worth a watch, but severely overrated and one of the worst Oscar Best Picture winners.
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Boobjuice | 61 58th |
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Not my favorite, but still touching and well-acted.
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| 1 | johnshaft | 79 66th |
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It has some problems, but the performances make up for them.
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Bown | 64 17th |
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Alright. The imdb summary makes me laugh.
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jack parsons | 7 41st |
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Honestly, I hated the first half of this film. I understand the role of Cruise's character in the beginning, I know that he is supposed to be the stuck up, yuppy, selfish prick -- but he played asshole to the extreme to where I almost stopped watching. This movie was incredible beginning with the explanation of the name Rain Man in the shitty hotel room all the way through the mediocre ending. Hoffman really was amazing and overall this film was pretty solid.
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DavidBlast | 80 80th |
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Standard fare about a protagonist's journey from self-absorbed materialist to responsible family man, elevated to a strong drama thanks to added autism. A lot has been said about the magnificence of Hoffman's performance, and I shan't detract from that, just note that Tom Cruise also deserves praise. Having to play off Hoffman, Cruise still manages to instil enough presence into every scene to make the movie about his character, which helps make the setup feel perfectly authentic. A good film.
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| 1 | ToddBolondz | 99 96th |
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I cried.
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dunbar | 70 44th |
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It's got plenty of sentiment. Sentiments. Plenty of twenty. It'll land on twenty. Sentiments. Twenty sentiments. Plenty of sentiments. I've got a date. I need to meet pancakes with sentiment. Sweet pancakes. Twenty sweet pancake sentiments.
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CMonster | 79 64th |
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Hans Zimmer did his best to try and fuck this up. This might be a contender for a spot on the top 10 worst all time movie scores.
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Fresh | 88 70th |
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This road-trip movie about an autistic savant and his callow brother is far from seamless, but Barry Levinson's direction is impressive, and strong performances from Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman add to its appeal.
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| 1 | eadwinn | 60 34th |
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Autism here is a dramatic gimmick that gives an offbeat tone to a conventional buddy movie, nothing more. Half-assed.
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| 1 | leemarvins | 50 28th |
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This has got to be one of those films that gives contemporary actors the idea that "stunt acting" will get you all the awards and accolades they have sought all their careers. We are supposed to believe that this is a worthy film because of all the research that director Levinson, writer Bass and actor Hoffman put into; because in the end autistic Raymond isn't "cured" but his yuppie brother is. This movie is peddling in unearned sentimentalist eighties kitsch and I am not buying.
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| Average Percentile 63.31% from 12462 Ratings |  |