
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 1949 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 w... (Full plot summary below)
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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 1949 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 Qantas drives Charlie insane... and out of his selfish world into a cross-country trek of pure love and understanding that these two both have.
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| Associated PressBob ThomasBarry Levinson directs in masterful style It is his best effort in what promises to be a distinguished career. |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsDiana SaengerThe trip begins both a journey to discovery and an amusing window into watching two brothers, totally different in every way, who oppose each other and then connect in a powerful way. |
| Kansas City KansanSteve CrumHoffman is unforgettable, Cruise holds his own well. |
| Radio TimesAndrew CollinsWhile everyone remembers this film about an autistic man as Dustin Hoffman's Oscar-winning triumph, it is equally Tom Cruise's. |
| Philadelphia InquirerDesmond RyanEverything 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. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeBrazenly manipulative Oscar bait -- and it worked. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittOnly after the Hollywood hypnotism wears off is it apparent that Rain Man, fundamentally an artsy sentimentalization of "The Odd Couple," is somewhat less than the sum of its perfect parts. |
| USA TodayMike ClarkHow can you make a movie about a man who cannot change, whose whole life is anchored and defended by routine? Few actors could get anywhere with this challenge, and fewer still could absorb and even entertain us with their performance, but Hoffman proves again that he almost seems to thrive on impossible acting challenges. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Chris HicksThough it is in many respects just another odd couple road movie, Rain Man evolves into a very special film, largely because it is about something. |
| Three Movie BuffsScott NashThe best films are those that manage to generate emotion in their audience without ever feeling phony or melodramatic. Rain Man does exactly that. |