Rain Man Reviews

[Highly rated reviewer]

Phenominal

Probably the best film to come out of the eighties, by far. Although, I am biased. My son is autistic.

When this film was in production both Cruise and Hoffman thought it was no where near good enough to the point Hoffman nearly walked. Fortunately, they stayed. The film picked up 4 Oscars and two Golden Globes among many other awards and nominations and pretty much made Cruise.

Dustin Hoffman's performance as Raymond Babbitt is, bar none, the best acting performance I have ever seen. I have never seen an actor get so deeply immersed in a character than Hoffman does in this film. 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.

Dustin plays Raymond 'The Rain Man' Babbitt, the long lost, autistic brother of Charlie Babbitt (Cruise). As Charlie finds out he has a brother never revealed to him by his father he feels let down and betrayed, and even more so that now his father is dead and leaving his estate, to the value of $3,000,000 to his brother, and not to himself. So Charlie decides to take Raymond away from the medical institution he was left in, and goes on a huge road trip, not willing to give his brother up, unless the institutes settles his share of his father's assets.

Quite simply legendary. Fact.

Truly Outstanding, with a glaring omission.

This movie won an Oscar for Best Picture and it is easy to see why. A truly outstanding story, which i am sure is inspirational to anyone who knows someone with autism. This film, however works on many levels, allowing it to connect with various audiences. Both funny and tragic the film always had the makings of a classic. A performance from Hoffman, as autistic Raymond (Rain Man) Babbit, which was rightfully worthy of the Best Actor accolade which it won at the Oscars, is only rivalled by the other leading actor in the film, Cruise. He expertly portrays the character of Charlie Babbitt, shallow brother of Raymond, so much so that we can see the reformation of the character in front of our eyes. The performance was equally worthy of the Oscar and I personally feel that Cruise will feel overlooked it is an under-rated one, as Cruise was not even nominated for an award. Regardless of this glaring omission from the Academy, the film is a must see for all movie-goers.

simply very good

I never believed Tom Cruise could act before seeing this film. Dustin Hoffman portrays an autistic savant convincingly.

The USP of this movie is that it doesnt go overboard with emotions, but touches your heart subtly. And We are not made to believe that Dustin Hoffman is cured of his illness, though he shows some bonding with this brother.

This film has a unique blend of sentimentality with humour and in that sense its a truly feel good film

Such real life

My brother is Autistic so this film really was realistic and i know what Tom Cruise's character felt. i have lived with my brother all his life and this film was realistic, Dustin Hoffmans character acted exactly like my brother does, my boyfriend could see the difficulties for the first time, things as a family we have to put up with. this film, to me, is highly reccomended. Especially to people who want to understand autisum. A must rental

It makes a Rainbow

Excellent film. Can't believe I missed it when it first came out.

Dustin Hoffman was amazing, haven't seen a bad performance of his yet, but he thoroughly deserved the oscar. Tom Cruise put my faith back in Tom Cruise again as I was tiring of him of later, but realised I was maybe being a little unfair as he is such a superb actor in all roles he takes on.

brilliant

tom cruise shows that he can actually act with emotion in this brilliant film.dustin hoffman of course is on top character form as cruises autistic brother.

Well I never...

I never liked the look of this film when it came out but I have been on a Dustin Hoffman film catch up and was very impressed.

The performances of Hoffman and Tom Cruise were wonderful. It is a very 80's film but don't hold that against it. Well worth renting and watching again! I feel silly having not watched it before.

Very good film

A brilliant film. Dustin hoffman at his best and Tom cruise brilliant supporting. This film gives you a brilliant insight into the world through the eyes of someone with autism.

Rain Man

What an awesome film!! I could have watched this over and over. It was emotional, funny and very thought provoking in places. What fantastic performances from Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman.

Amazing! One of the best!!

This movie is clearly well researched, with both Hoffman and Cruise giving brilliant performances. The sheer contrast between the two characters is clearly very evident in the beginning, but as the film progresses the pair find themselves changed forever after having met. Also, some great quotes originate from this movie!! There are many moving scenes in Rain Man - and I can guarentee that you will shed a tear at some point in this movie! DEFINITELY worth watching (at least once; if not many times!!).