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Summary: Rain Man
Review: What can I say, you have to see this movie to judge for yourself. Raymond, one of the main characters is autistic-savant.
It's a movie about love between two brothers, one is much younger and very successful in life (Charlie Babbitt, played by Tom Cruise) and the other is the autistic older brother (Raymond Babbitt, played by Dustin Hoffman, he got an acadamy award for this one), who is institutionalized. This movie makes me think every time I see it, it's one of those movies that you can watch more than once, rent it and experience the world you may not know exists.
Get the Special Edition DVD, if you're wanting to buy this film.
The DVD only has three commentaries, one deleted scene and a featurette. Also a few trailers and photo gallery, but MGM could have done much better. For a special edition re-release it still kind of sucks. Nevertheless, you're supposed to enjoy the film.
This is a masterpiece of a film, and it should NOT be missed. Rent it, buy it, experience it.
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Summary: Get an Umbrella For Rain Man!
Review: I will admit that although I was not overly fond of this film and didn't like the music at all, it had an excellent cast.
Tom Cruise plays Charlie Babbitt, a rich daddy's boy whose nose is out of joint because he only inherited a weird-looking late 1940s Buick and a rosebush. The lion's share of Babbitt's father's estate was bequeathed to his brother, Raymond, whom Cruise nicknamed "Rain Man" as a young child. At the film's opening, Cruise has virtually no memory of this long-lost older brother.
After the will is read and the legal formalities are completed, Cruise drives the weird-looking car up to the residence where Rain Man,played by Dustin Hoffman has lived for many years. The brothers meet by chance when Rain Man comes out of the residence, sees the car and makes long, detailed comments about it. The brothers connect and Cruise and Rain Man, with the residence's hard-wrought blessing embark on a road trip. They converse, in a fashion.
Rain Man was an autistic savant. He picked up a box of toothpicks and was able to tell how many were in the box; he had a "feel" for numbers and proved to be an asset at the gaming tables in Las Vegas; he was a slave to routine and had "melt downs" when he missed a favorite show or shopped in a store other than the K-Mart he had become familiar with.
I am good and tired of stories like "Rain Man" that portray people with autism as autistic savants. That description and accompanying behaviors do not apply to the entire autistic population. Get an umbrella to ward off the tired cliches about autism. I also think this movie has reinforced a stereotype of autism. As with any other condition, autism is as varied as there are individuals who have it. Although this was not a terrible movie and was entertaining, I think it has done more harm than good in fostering a better understanding of people who have autism and what this neurobiological condition entails.
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Summary: Rain Man Raymond
Review: Raymond Babbitt(Dustin Hoffman) is what is called an "autistic savant". His brain does not function in the typical fashion. I must admit he is a superb mathemetician. He has difficulty communicating and learning. He is set in his own ways of acting,thinking,eating,sleeping,walking,talking,using the bathroom,you name it. Any sudden unprepared break from his daily routine and weekly rituals terrify Raymond. Raymond has a younger brother Charlie(Tom Cruise) who is a typical healthy human being. The Babbitt brothers' father passed away and when Charlie learns about the death,that's when he learned that he had an older brother. The Babbitts' mother died when Charlie was a toddler and Raymond was in his 20's. Charlie is bequeathed a vintage 1949 Buick Roadmaster convertible. That's what brought his relationship with his father to an end. Charlie tells his girlfriend Susanna(Valeria Golino) that when he was in high school,he took a car for a victory spin against his dad's authority. He brought home a report card with almost all A's. The father reported the car stolen,spitefully to teach his son a lesson. Charlie felt he deserved it although the car was his dad's pride and joy. Charlie and a few friends of his were arrested and all but Charlie were shortly bailed out of jail. So Charlie ended up leaving home and he never saw his dad again. Charlie also got prize-winning rosebushes. Raymond,who doesn't understand the concept of money,was left $3 million. Charlie does all he can to gain custody of his brother and get his rightful share of the monetary bequest($1.5 million). According to Dr. Bruner who's in charge of Wallbrook,Raymond's institution,says Raymond gets the best care there. Charlie felt Raymond would live his life civilly outside Wallbrook. When Charlie was a child,he was trying to pronounce his brother's name and it came out "rain man". During Raymond's temporary departure from Wallbrook,Charlie takes him to Las Vegas. They play blackjack and win a lot of money. They even receive a penthouse suite,complimentarily as a result of their winnings. At a diner one morning,after eating a pancake breakfast,Raymond immediately knew that 246 of 250 toothpicks fell out of a box onto the floor. "There's four left in the box.",the waitress says. Raymond even briefly drove the '49 Buick in one or two scenes. In one of the final scenes,a private hearing takes place regarding Raymond. Raymond can't decide whether to stay with Charlie or go back to Wallbrook. Director Barry Levinson plays Dr. Mardsen,who's in charge of Raymond's psychic evaluation program. Raymond kept saying,"Go back to Wallbrook with Charlie Babbitt". So Dr. Bruner took Raymond back to Wallbrook. This film was theatrically released on December 16,1988. It won three Oscars. Levinson took home a Best Director Oscar,Hoffman took home a Best Actor Oscar,and best screenplay. Other films directed by Levinson are GOOD MORNING VIETNAM,starring Robin Williams which was another Academy Award winner and TIN MEN. Cruise's previous megahits include TOP GUN and THE COLOR OF MONEY.
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Summary: Slow, too many holes and unrealistic
Review: So did he get some money at the end? did his business get saved?, did Ray want to really go back to the hospital? no real answers here, why did he get thrown out of the casino anyway? The whole thing about the roulette ball could he really figure it out? I don't know all i know is Tom Cruise is crying at the end that he will go see him in 3 weeks. How long will that last, probably until real life kicks in and he forgets about him like his father did.
Did it desearve 4 oscars and best picture. NO would it get acclaim today I highly doubt it. This movie is lame
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Summary: Rain Man Was An Autistic Savant
Review: I love this movie. Dustin Hoffman is superb. In 1988 this film won 4 Academy Awards - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. The growing love and connection between the two brothers, who were separated through no fault of their own, is moving and touching. Also, to see the extraordinary abilities of an autistic savant is just amazing. In the film the music is outstanding and some of the scenery in the Western USA is just great. This is a movie that you can see again and again. The story is well developed and captivating.
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Summary: Tedious Picture, wooden acting
Review: I found this movie very slow, tedious, and full of wooden acting by Cruise and Hoffman. The director of this movie is over-rated and useually makes second rate pictures like this.
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Summary: cruise can act!
Review: i don't know what happened in the 80's, but hollywood seemed to fall into a black hole, producing one bad film after another. rain man is one of the exceptions. it has a good story told w/o too much of the schmaltz hollywood usually likes to pile onto feel-good films. unlike many people, i wasn't entirely convinced by hoffman's character. to me, he just looked like he was acting. i wouldn't have given him the oscar for that performance. cruise, otoh, was very convincing, first as the hot-shot, emotionally-distant, embittered young man, then later as the younger brother with a heart. i was impressed by the transformation. the scenes at the end - the meeting with the doctors and the goodbye at the station - were especially touching. cruise really showed here that he could act. and i'm not a tom cruise fan. but i was genuinely impressed.so, the film that started the stampede to films about emotionally disabled people still holds up well. highly recommended.
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Summary: Rain Man
Review: During the first 30 minutes of watching Rain Man I kept thinking wow Tom Cruise really doesnt know how to act. I kept noticing flaws in his acting and to a large extent his dialogue which he obviously has no control over he just goes by the script. The thing about Cruise is that he is not believable, the director wanted us to feel angry and hold nothing but contempt for him but the only thing he achieved was unbeliavability. Towards the end I forgave his flaws in the beginning of the film and accepted him as the character that he was portraying.
Hoffman is at his best! Now he is absolutely believable, I didnt think for one second that he was puting on an act and thats the way it should be. Thats the way it should have been for Cruise since the beginnning but it wasnt. Hoffman held the weight of the movie on his shoulders and what weight it was! The plot is simple enough and I think that with the wrong casting for Rayman this movie would have been a flop.
Funny enough as it might seem it is Cruise that holds the film together. While Hoffman holds it on his shoulders Cruise keeps it from toppling over. His character development is impressive and surprising. Towards the end we sympathise with Cruise as much as we do with Hoffman which I didnt think it was possible.
Such a great movie to watch, with one exeption, with the whole family. The exeption being a sex scene where we dont see anything but the sound of a couple making love which is explicit enough to give the movie an R rating which is rediculous. There is a little "bad" language that is thrown around but nothing severe. Kids toway watch television that is 10 times more explicit so this is nothing out of the ordinary
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Summary: autism
Review: autism is actualy very serious and saddening.anyhow,dustin hoffman is supposed to be autistic.his brother tom cruise comes around after many years and takes him away from the home hes in.they drive around for a bit and grow closer.kids wont get it.most adults dont either.you have to have a heart to like this.most people are too condescending to get into this touching tale.its also very emotional in many parts.toms ol lady of course is nicole kidman.shes extremely sexy!tom has many better movies.dustin doesnt.this is one of kidmans worst.
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