Rain Man Reviews and Ratings



  • January 26, 2009
    Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.
  • January 24, 2009
    well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch...i think that both tom cruise n dustin hoffman worked really well 2gether as the lead roles throughout this movie..its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that...( read more) the director of this drama movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie because its a good movie 2 watch n its really enjoyable throughout this movie as well
  • January 23, 2009
    very good movie just don't like dustin hoffman.
  • January 22, 2009
    Rain man är en gripande historia om den autistiske Raymond som ärvt sin faders pengar, men brodern som endast fick bilen är inte lika nöjd. Fick en Oscar för Årets Bästa film 1988.
  • January 20, 2009
    (1988 Director: Barry Levinson) Dustin Hoffman...what talent!!! Yes, he outshined even Tom Cruise. Stealing the stage is a feat oft pulled off by Dustin (Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Doubtfire) A plus for understanding the disabled. A role Hoffman was made for. Cruise plays an initial...( read more)ly unconcerned brother with superb superficiality then develops genuine concern for his older "lost" brother who was institutionalized due to the possible harm Hoffman (who has autims) posed to Cruise at home! All this occurs as Cruise's character is all but disinherited except for his wealthy father's prized 1949 Buick Roadmaster. Discovering that $3 million is being held in trust for someone unknown and undisplosed in Ohio.
  • January 17, 2009
    Good chemistry between Tom and Dustin sure did enhance their onscreen performance.
  • January 17, 2009
    Brilliant Oscar-winning Best Picture film about quick-tempered exotic car salesman Charlie Babbitt (superlatively played by Cruise) who finds himself bilked out of his estranged father's inheritance and discovering an older brother, Raymond, (Hoffman flawlessly brilliant, Best Ac...( read more)tor), an institutionalized autistic savant, and 'kidnaps' him in their dad's Buick Roadmaster for a cross-country odyssey of self-reflection and genuine sibling bonding. Poignant, funny, and moving character study with expert direction by Barry Levinson (Best Director and appears as a mental health envoy). Ethereally Oscar nominated haunting score by Hans Zimmer. Best scene: Cruise learning why Hoffman was "sent away." Life-affirming.

    Charlie: Listen... Ray, I don't know if I'm gonna have a chance to talk to you again. Because you see, these... Dr. Bruner really likes you a lot, and he's probably gonna take you back. You know?
    Raymond: Yeah.
    Charlie: What I said about being on the road with you I meant. Connecting. I like having you for my brother.
    Raymond: I'm an excellent driver.
    Charlie: [smiling] Yes, you are. I like having you for my big brother.
    Raymond: C-H-A-R-L-I-E. C-H-A-R-L-I-E. Main man.


    Charlie: Hey, who is this guy?
    Susanna: He just jumped in the car.
    Charlie: Yeah well he can jump out. Come on!
    Raymond: I'm an excellent driver.
    Charlie: That's good. Come on! Susanna, why'd you let him get in this car? It's not a toy.
    Susanna: He says he drives this car.
    Raymond: Dad lets me drive slow on the driveway every Saturday. 'Course the seats were originally brown leather now they're a pitiful red.
    Charlie: [surprised] Hey, these seats were brown leather. You know this car?
    Raymond: I know this car.
    Charlie: How do you know this car?
    Raymond: It's a 1949 Buick Roadmaster. Straight 8. Fireball 8. Only 8,985 production models. Dad lets me drive slow on the driveway. But not on Monday, definitely not on Monday.
    Charlie: Who's your dad?
    Raymond: Sanford Babbitt. 10961 Beachcrest Street, Cincinnati Ohio.
    Charlie: That's my address. Hey, who's your mother?
    Raymond: Eleanor Babbitt. Died January 5, 1965 after short and sudden illness.
    Charlie: Who the hell are you?
    Raymond: Uh oh, fifteen minutes to Judge Wapner.
    [Raymond proceeds back to Walbrook, ignoring Charlie]
    Charlie: Wait, I wanna ask you a question! Hey! Dr. Bruner, who is he?
    Dr. Bruner: Raymond is your brother.


    Charlie: Hey Raymond, remember today when the doctor was asking you those questions? How'd you know the answers?
    Raymond: [while brushing his teeth at the same time, Charlie can't make out what he said] I see it.
    Charlie: What? Stop that for a second.
    Raymond: I see it.
    Charlie: Raymond!
    [Grabs tooth brush from him]
    Charlie: When I say stop it, why don't you stop it? Why do you always have to act like an idiot?
    [Raymond begins to laugh]
    Charlie: You think that's funny?
    Raymond: Yeah funny Rain Man, funny teeth.
    Charlie: What'd you say? Funny teeth? What?
    Raymond: I didn't say funny teeth, funny Rain Man.
    Charlie: You? You're the Rain Man?
  • January 15, 2009
    One of the few movies where I didn't look at it like "look at Tom Cruise with his challenged brother". Very well done.
  • January 14, 2009
    Excellent acting, and a moving drama.
  • January 10, 2009
    took me four tries to get through this...
  • January 10, 2009
    I recently discovered how Dustin Hoffman is a great actor. His performance in Rain Main is absolutely stunning and shows his inner talent. It's a wonderful trip around America between two different persons and brothers, and I quite liked it. The only thing that bugs me is that it...( read more) seems that Tom Cruise always plays the same obnoxious character all the time. It makes me hate him even more (if that's even possible).
  • January 10, 2009
    One of my favourite movies for many years. Has fallen out of the top rank in recent years, but is still a brilliant picture. The first real sign that Tom Cruise actually had some acting game.
  • January 9, 2009
    It's a good movie, but I don't really love it a lot.
  • January 8, 2009
    A man discovers he has an older, autistic brother who has inherited his
    father's fortune. He kidnaps him, intent on wangling the money for himslef. But
    their roadtrip turns into a journey of self discovery for older and younger
    brother alike
  • January 5, 2009
    A fine film powered by two very different, but very good displays of talent.

    Dustin Hoffman shines in his Oscar-winning role, while Tom Cruise, though underrated, gave a flawless performance as well.

    Well written and directed, sometimes funny, and the fact that the charac...( read more)ters are not exactly likeable, makes it more interesting.
  • January 5, 2009
    Great .. One of the few I've actually liked Tom Cruise in!!


    Dustin Hoffman is very believable, extremely hard when playing a character like Raymond's..
  • January 4, 2009
    i love the way he starts to care for his brother
  • January 4, 2009
    A wonderfull Story. I love movies about Retarded People.
  • January 4, 2009
    Dustin Hoffman landed a well-deserved Oscar for his equally moving and funny portrayal of Raymond Babbitt, the autistic savant taken on a road journey across the United States by newfound brother Charlie. But it's Tom Cruise, as Charlie, who's just as likely to make you sit up an...( read more)d take notice when watching 'Rain Man'. Cruise, who's made some seriously bad movies in his time, shows something here that previously remained incredibly well-hidden - he can act.

    Cruise's gradual transformation of the Charlie character is in itself one of the key reasons for 'Rain Man's greatness. He starts off an unequivocal asshole - a yuppie car-dealer who bullies his staff and shuts out his girlfriend (Valeria Golino). When he learns of the death of his estranged father, his main concern is the $3million inheritance of which he has been left not a bean. Instead, the money has been put in trust for an institutionalised brother he never knew he had - Raymond (who is, of course, an excellent driver).

    When Charlie kidnaps Raymond in the hope of receiving as ransom the pile of cash he believes to be rightfully his, the pair end up forming an unlikely bond which leads to rewards of an entirely different kind.

    Hoffman produces an incredibly well-researched and polished performance as a character who lives by strict routine and is said to be incapable of forming human relationships. Extraordinarily high-functioning, he can count cards at the casino, memorise obscure baseball stats and add up large and complicated sums quicker than a calculator. He provides both highly-strung drama and some marvellous moments of humour, but it's in watching Charlie's mood turn from anger and frustration to love for his brother that the film is at its most rewarding.
  • January 3, 2009
    Hoffman was amazing. The ending could've been better, really, but, whatsoever.
  • January 2, 2009
    Directed By: Barry Levinson
    Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise

    The Review:

    One of the most tear-jerking movie of all time that has all potent to make even a man cried. Beside it has all it things a Best Picture's needed and it deserved it.

    Great direction, good screenplay, a...( read more)nd one of the most important thing Dustin Hoffman's perfect performance and Tom Cruise nice performance as addition.

    As I said, not as good as A Beautiful Mind and Forrest Gump, but simply a good, no, an extraordinary one.

    "Charlie: Listen, Ray, our dad died, that means he's not with us anymore. Did they tell you about that?
    Raymond: I don't know.
    Charlie: You don't know if they told you or you don't know what death is?
    Raymond: I don't know.
  • January 1, 2009
    we have this one but My husband has seen it so mine time I do not like it a lot
  • December 24, 2008
    It was praised perfectly..Genius..
  • December 23, 2008
    A sad story, but one that is all too amazing.
  • December 23, 2008
    Excellent!!! Not only did it have a great story to it. It had two great phoenomenal actors!!!!!! Kudos to Cruise and Hoffman!!!:-)
  • December 22, 2008
    Good acting by Dustin Hoffman.
  • December 21, 2008
    It's all about the acting, and it's good. Tom Cruise; you ass, yet nice job. Dustin Hoffman; You convinced me.
  • December 20, 2008
    Gotta watch Wabner. Yeah, leave the table. Yeah, leave the table.
  • December 16, 2008
    Spoiler Alert!!
    Rain Man = Raymond
  • December 12, 2008
    Not my sort of movie
  • December 11, 2008
    Good movie abt relationship between brothers.
  • December 9, 2008
    one movie that will make you take a second look at people.
  • December 7, 2008
    Great performances by both Cruise, and Hoffman. A great movie with a sad premise, but turns into something beautiful






    One of my favorite movies. Both Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman execute their role perfectly. They both fit the role as well. Cruise plays a cruel conce...( read more)ded car salesman who only wants his inheritance money whilst Hoffman is an Autistic savant who is both a genius and idiot at the same time. Very good story about family relationships. And the soundtrack is also amazing. Go see this movie
  • December 5, 2008
    my all time favorite
    hoffman is amazing!!
  • November 30, 2008
    Beautiful movie and very meaningful. The movie introduces autism to the world, and even this movie was 20 years ago, autism is still rather unknown today. So, this movie is just perfect to tell you much to know about autism. Dustin Hoffman's performance was fantastic!
  • November 30, 2008
    A fine Hollywood story about two Brothers. It's all on the surface but the two main performances make up for it.
  • November 26, 2008
    The did give this one the wrong Oscars. Cruise should have been at least nom'd and Hoffman is almost razzie deserving. But heck, I might be in the minority on this one.
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  • November 19, 2008
    buena actuacion de ambos... si lo se es tom cruise pero actuo bien
  • November 19, 2008
    The only bad part of this movie is Tom Cruise.
  • November 17, 2008
    I hate Tom Cruise, but this film makes him lovable. Classic performance by Dustin here too
  • November 10, 2008
    When his father dies Charlie Babbitt finds that he left all his money to an unknown person. Charlie discovers that he has an brother with Austim that was kept from him. Taking him from the institution that he has lived all his life Charlie and Raymond (Rain Man) drive across Am...( read more)erica and form a relationship that they never got a chance to have.

    I seen this movie years ago and watch it again at the weekend after I went to see Josh Hartnett in West End play. Brilliant performances from Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman make this movie a delight to watch. To see the relationship develop between them is both funnyand moving

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