Fresh
Everything about the acting and direction of Rain Man is so exquisitely calibrated and so right that it's all too easy to forget how much could have gone wrong.
Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rain Man
A journey through understanding and fellowship.
1988 · 2h 14m · R
Drama
Directed by
Barry Levinson
Overview
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.
Director and cast
- Barry Levinson Director
- Dustin Hoffman as Raymond Babbitt
- Tom Cruise as Charlie Babbitt
- Valeria Golino as Susanna
- Gerald R. Molen as Dr. Bruner
- Jack Murdock as John Mooney
- Michael D. Roberts as Vern
- Ralph Seymour as Lenny
- Lucinda Jenney as Iris
- Bonnie Hunt as Sally Dibbs
- Kim Robillard as Township Doctor
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A fascinating, often very moving, frequently funny film.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
It's an honorable effort, touched by a certain lightness and grace.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
What no one can argue is that Rain Man is Cruise's quantum leap, so that it can be said unblushingly that he holds his own with the masterly Hoffman.
Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
The strength of the film is really that of Cruise's performance, his finest since Risky Business.
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
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