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Self-centered, avaricious Californian Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) is informed that his long-estranged father has died. Expecting at least a portion of the elder Babbitt's $3 million estate, Charlie l... read more read more...earns that all he's inherited is his dad's prize roses and a 1949 Buick Roadmaster. Discovering that the $3 million is being held in trust for an unidentified party, Charlie heads to his home town of Cincinnati to ascertain who that party is. It turns out that the beneficiary is Raymond Babbitt (Dustin Hoffman), the autistic-savant older brother that Charlie never knew he had. Able to memorize reams of trivia and add, subtract, multiply, and divide without a second's hesitation, Raymond is otherwise incapable of functioning as a normal human being. Aghast that Raymond is to receive his father's entire legacy, Charlie tries to cut a deal with Raymond's guardian. When this fails, Charlie "borrows" Raymond from the institution where he lives, hoping to use his brother as leverage to claim half the fortune. During their subsequent cross-country odyssey, Charlie is forced to accommodate Raymond's various autistic idiosyncracies, not the least of which is his insistence on adhering to a rigid daily schedule: he must, for example, watch People's Court and Jeopardy every day at the same time, no matter what. On hitting Las Vegas, Charlie hopes to harness Raymond's finely-honed mathematical skills to win big at the gaming tables; but this exploitation of his brother's affliction compels Charlie to reassess his own values, or lack thereof. A longtime pet project of star Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man was turned down by several high-profile directors before Barry Levinson took on the challenge of bringing Ronald Bass' screenplay to fruition (Levinson also appears in the film as a psychiatrist). All three men won Oscars, and the movie won Best Picture. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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R, 2 hr. 8 min.

Directed by: Barry Levinson

Release Date: December 16, 1988

Keywords: touching, road, trip

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  • fb100000883534329
    March 1, 2012
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    I love this film. I usually have issues with 80s films made in this format but this film is one of the best 80's films I've seen. Dustin Hoffman is phenomenal in this film and it shows the progression of the relationship between his character and Cruise's. To anyone who thinks... read more Tootsie is Hoffman's best 80's film, first off you're wrong, secondly this could wipe the floor with Tootsie any day of the week. Rain Man is one of my favorite films of all time and the only reason for it not getting 5 stars in my book is due to the unnecessary foul language on Cruise's part. If it didn't have that than this film could have been one of the top films ever.
  • aquateen2
    January 19, 2012
    aquateen2
    It's the king of all crowd pleasers. The simple and intriguing premise of the film came off brilliantly. Hoffman and Cruise (with a much under rated performance) are fantastic together showing excellent chemistry. Rain Man shows us everyday situations from a sufferer of autism's ... read moreperspective truthfully yet touchingly. The movie didn't feel to me at all like 2 hours. It's by no means flawless but very near perfect. I have a brother who suffers from this condition so maybe the film just connected with me in a special way and made me feel good. Like movies are supposed to do. Amazing film about love and self discovery.
  • theoneandonlybg
    September 13, 2011
    theoneandonlybg
    "Uh oh..." - just one of the many memorable lines from this instant classic that I just couldn't stop refering to every 5 seconds after watching the film. It blew me away!

    Rain Man tells the story of the rather bossy man Charlie Babbit, who found out that his father has died ... read moreand he was given a car and some rose bushes. Upset, he seeks out the person who is getting the rest of his father's money and to try and take it for his own. This takes him on a long journey with his autistic, long lost brother, with plenty of laughs and tears throughout.

    Hoffman/Cruise was a perfect match and the two worked brilliantly together - their connection as brothers was fantastic, especially seeing it develop the way it did. With a trait that was taken on by futuristic horror film, The Cube, and a scene that was copied in The Hangover, the film was seen as classic and will be one of my all time favourites for a long time...
  • spielberg00
    August 25, 2011
    spielberg00
    Well, now. To say the very least, RAIN MAN is absolutely brilliant. Dustin Hoffman delivers an fantastic performance as the autistic character Raymond Babbitt, a role for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1988. In fact, Hoffman's performance is so outstanding th... read moreat in comparison to Colin Firth as King George VI and Tom Hanks as the titular character in FORREST GUMP (using examples of other Academy Award-winning disabled roles), Dustin Hoffman as Raymond Babbitt is definitely the superior one. Tom Cruise also does an acceptable job as Charlie Babbitt, a greedy, selfish man who lives his whole life unaware that Raymond is his brother. I didn't expect very much of this film, as it looked like it would be utterly irritating--and I will admit, I was irritated at some parts, such as the various times at which Raymond continuously recites lines from Abbott and Costello's comedy act, "Who's on First?"--but otherwise, RAIN MAN was an exceptionally great, thoroughly memorable motion picture.
  • xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    July 28, 2011
    xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.

    Excellent Film! Dustin Hoffman's performance as Raymond Babbitt is the best acting performance I have ever seen from him no doubt. I have n... read moreever seen an actor get so deeply immersed in a character than Hoffman does in this film. He is excellent here,and he deserved nothing less than the Oscar he won for it in 1989. As for Tom Cruise, his performance as Raymond's childish and hotheaded brother is also worthy of note.To watch his character slowly shed his ignorance throughout the course of the film was indeed a delight.If you have not seen it,don't deprive yourself any longer and watch it. Highly recommended.

    Charles Sanford "Charlie" Babbit is a self-centered Los Angeles-based automobile dealer/hustler/bookie who is at war with his own life. Charlie, as a young teenager, used his father's 1948 Buick convertible without permission and as a result, he went to jail for two days on account that his father reported it stolen. It is then that Charlie learns that his estranged father died and left him from his last will and testament a huge bed of roses and the car while the remainder will of $3 Million goes into a trust fund to be distributed to someone. Charlie seemed pretty angry by this and decides to look into this matter. It seems as if that "someone" is Raymond, Charlie's unknown brother, an autistic savant who lives in a world of his own, resides at the Walbrook Institute. Charlie then kidnaps Raymond and decides to take him on a lust for life trip to the west coast as a threat to get the $3 Million inheritance. Raymond's acts and nagging, including repeated talks of "Abbott & Costello", "Four minutes till Wapner" and refusal to fly on an airline except Quantas drives Charlie insane... and out of his selfish world into a cross-country trek of pure love and understanding that these two both have.
  • superjoker1
    May 31, 2011
    superjoker1
    Cruise and Hoffman are great, and it's their relationship that sets this movie soaring. Of coarse, the beautiful locations and elaborate sceenplay certainly don't hurt.
  • DreamExtractor
    April 3, 2011
    DreamExtractor
    This deserved the Oscar, it was a great movie. Im ashamed of you if you didnt at least like Hoffmans performance, he played it very well and deserved the Oscar.
  • ajv2688
    March 12, 2011
    ajv2688
    The best drama movie of 1988! Cruise and Hoffman are perfect together, and the story is awesome, dramatic, sad, and a bit funny too. I highly recommend this movie, it's fantastic.
  • sanjurosamurai
    January 15, 2011
    sanjurosamurai
    an important movie, everyone should watch it
  • ythelastman89
    November 29, 2010
    ythelastman89
    A great movie with an almost impossible to hate quality to it. Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman have such an amazing chemistry together. It felt so natural and the banter just worked out perfectly between them. I thought the plot was really good and shows a realistic outcome, it isn... read more't just another throw away story about a mentally challenged person. It's not just a story about brotherhood, but relationships in general. The yuppie was never so close examined within the decade as it was in this, Tom Cruise really nails the whole lifestyle and its weaknesses.

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Critic Reviews

Richard Schickel
December 21, 2008
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine

Rain Man's restraint is, finally, rather like Raymond's gabble. It discourages connections, keeping you out instead of drawing you in. Full Review

Amy Dawes
February 20, 2008
Amy Dawes, Variety

Uneven, slightly off-target. Full Review

Jonathan Rosenbaum
February 5, 2007
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

Valeria Golino is appealing as Cruise's girlfriend; Hoffman makes his character pretty believable without milking the part for pathos and tears, and it's nice to see Cruise working for a change in a c... Full Review

Vincent Canby
May 20, 2003
Vincent Canby, New York Times

Its end effect depends largely on one's susceptibility to the sight of an actor acting nonstop and extremely well, but to no particularly urgent dramatic purpose. Full Review

Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Rain Man is so fascinating because it refuses to supply those questions with sentimental but unrealistic answers. Full Review

Hal Hinson
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, Washington Post

Neither Levinson nor Hoffman was able to penetrate the mystery of their subject. Full Review

Desson Thomson
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

Rain Man is far from a washout but you can't help feeling all those missed opportunities raining down on you. Full Review

Peter Canavese
March 30, 2011
Peter Canavese, Groucho Reviews

There's something indelible about Rain Man, and not only to those of us who lived through the time when it was a zeitgeist movie. [Blu-ray] Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson
March 11, 2011
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

If you can somehow ignore all this hype... then Rain Man works as a kind of small comedy. Full Review

Elliot Panek
January 1, 2011
Elliot Panek, Common Sense Media

Story about autistic savant isn't for kids. Full Review

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    • Charlie Babbitt: I just realized I'm not pissed off anymore. My father cut me out of his will. You probably knew he tried to contact me over the years. I never called him back. I was a prick. If he was my son and didn't return my calls, I'd have written him out. But it's not about the money anymore. You know, I just don't understand. Why didn't he tell me I had a brother? Why didn't anyone ever tell me that I had a brother? Because it'd have been nice to know him for more than just the past six days.
    • Raymond Babbitt: C-H-A-R-L-I-E. My main man.
    • Raymond Babbitt: We have pepperoni pizza for dinner Monday nights.
    • Susannah: Pizza? You get pizza in an institution?
    • Raymond Babbitt: Monday night is Italian night.
    • Charlie Babbitt: I'm gonna go take a celebration piss.
    • Charlie Babbitt: Of course you can't have pancakes without maple syrup.
    • Raymond Babbitt: K-mart sucks.
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