
Variety
One of the year's most intriguing film premises is given uneven, slightly off-target treatment in UA's Rain Man.
Full reviewThe 1989 Best Film Oscar-winner about self-centred businessman Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) and his reunion with estranged, autistic brother Raymond (Dustin Hoffman in an Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA-winning performance).
When their wealthy dad dies, Charlie is furious to be left only the family's prize roses and car whereas Raymond gets $3 million. So Charlie heads to Cincinnati and "borrows" Raymond - a brother he never knew he had - from the institution where he lives, hoping to use him as leverage to claim half the fortune.
Rain Man was a project championed by Hoffman and was famously turned down by a handful of big name directors including Sydney Pollack and Steven Spielberg.
LessOne of the year's most intriguing film premises is given uneven, slightly off-target treatment in UA's Rain Man.
Full reviewOf course, it's annoying. But it's also funny, touching and true, striking chords without ever reducing Raymond to a performing puppy. Definitely.
Full reviewIts end effect depends largely on one's susceptibility to the sight of an actor acting nonstop and extremely well, but to no particularly urgent dramatic purpose.
Full reviewSo fascinating because it refuses to supply those questions with sentimental but unrealistic answers.
Full reviewHoffman and Cruise give signature performances in this thoughtful, and hugely enjoyable, classic.
Full reviewRain Man is available to stream in Australia now on Google Play and Apple TV and Foxtel and Prime Video Store.
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