I used to be skeptical into thinking it can't be possible that two immensely talented performers are at their very best and every scene that they're in just makes you green with envy. "Rain Man" has that kind of manipulative tactic and it succeeds in doing that. I saw this movie numerous times and more than that in near future (because this movie is addictive) and through every viewing I learn a new thing and more fondness is only an eyelash away. The chemistry between the two leading stars (Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman) is phenomenal it'll make your heart melt like butter.
Like the Rob Reiner movie "Stand by Me", this is another road movie that leads to the path of self-discovery. In this case it comes from a arrogant Los Angeles car dealer Charlie Babbitt (Cruise) hears the news that his distant father has sadly passed on. Charlie thought that he was going to inherit a huge lump sum of cash only to be surprised that his late father left him absolutely nothing. instead he gave all his inheritance to a brother Charlie never thought he new named Raymond (Hoffman). The only problem is, Raymond is severely autistic and can't really look after himself let alone manage money. Angered by the whole situation, Charlie removes Raymond from the ward he's living and takes his savant brother and drive all the way west to Las Vegas because Charlie has a clever plan. You see, Raymond may be autistic, but that doesn't mean he was brain-dead either. He had a knack of solving the most complex mathematical problems and can easily count cards quite well in casino card games like poker and blackjack. And Charlie took this to his advantage.
The transformation of Charlie's character is so stunning, you might be able to sympathize the character with ease. The relationship he has with Raymond was well beyond believable from irritated and frustrated by Raymond's desperate needs like only flying to Qantas airplanes to his fixation watching Judge Wapner on "People's Court" to trying to getting a better understanding of what it's like to be autistic and to further find weaknesses within himself discovering that we as a society has at least one weakness. And Charlie eventually has an epiphany that he himself is even more fragile than his brother Raymond and that he is willing to become a better human.
One of the things I found admirable was how humble Hoffman was in his role. From a documentary on the making of "Rain Man", Hoffman actually had a lot of doubts that he wanted to be taken from the cast be replaced by Richard Dreyfuss. He really thought his role was horrid and unbearable. His perfectionist ways shows he wanted to play it both sensitive and carefully. But director Barry Levinson dismissed his request and from there it was all gravy to me. Hoffman and Cruise were creatively masterful in their respected roles as this movie deserves it's respects and recognition and it offers a kind of message we can all learn that in the end we're all small and our smallness is what helps bring the world around.
Like the Rob Reiner movie "Stand by Me", this is another road movie that leads to the path of self-discovery. In this case it comes from a arrogant Los Angeles car dealer Charlie Babbitt (Cruise) hears the news that his distant father has sadly passed on. Charlie thought that he was going to inherit a huge lump sum of cash only to be surprised that his late father left him absolutely nothing. instead he gave all his inheritance to a brother Charlie never thought he new named Raymond (Hoffman). The only problem is, Raymond is severely autistic and can't really look after himself let alone manage money. Angered by the whole situation, Charlie removes Raymond from the ward he's living and takes his savant brother and drive all the way west to Las Vegas because Charlie has a clever plan. You see, Raymond may be autistic, but that doesn't mean he was brain-dead either. He had a knack of solving the most complex mathematical problems and can easily count cards quite well in casino card games like poker and blackjack. And Charlie took this to his advantage.
The transformation of Charlie's character is so stunning, you might be able to sympathize the character with ease. The relationship he has with Raymond was well beyond believable from irritated and frustrated by Raymond's desperate needs like only flying to Qantas airplanes to his fixation watching Judge Wapner on "People's Court" to trying to getting a better understanding of what it's like to be autistic and to further find weaknesses within himself discovering that we as a society has at least one weakness. And Charlie eventually has an epiphany that he himself is even more fragile than his brother Raymond and that he is willing to become a better human.
One of the things I found admirable was how humble Hoffman was in his role. From a documentary on the making of "Rain Man", Hoffman actually had a lot of doubts that he wanted to be taken from the cast be replaced by Richard Dreyfuss. He really thought his role was horrid and unbearable. His perfectionist ways shows he wanted to play it both sensitive and carefully. But director Barry Levinson dismissed his request and from there it was all gravy to me. Hoffman and Cruise were creatively masterful in their respected roles as this movie deserves it's respects and recognition and it offers a kind of message we can all learn that in the end we're all small and our smallness is what helps bring the world around.
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