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Directed By
Barry Levinson
Written By:
Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow
Cast:
Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Jack Murdock, Michael D. Roberts, Ralph Seymour, Lucinda Jenney, Bonnie Hunt, Kim Robillard, Beth Grant
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Rain Man (1988)
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Movie Review by Zara 
January 31st, 2007
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K-Mart sucks
Tom Cruise seems best suited for playing self absorbed characters. Every time he steps into a role where he's hungry for the next sale, the next big score, the next heart to break... that's where he rules.
RAIN MAN is no exception. The ostracized child of a rich man, Cruise is also trying to be a top notch car dealer and having issues with it. When his father passes away, he sees it as an opportunity to cash in on the family fortune only to discover that the money has been passed along to a brother that he doesn't remember.
Hoffman plays that brother, a severely autistic man. Autism had never been addressed in film prior to this and the movie ended up setting a precedent for what autistic people are like. I want to point out that the face of autism is not just this one. The character is on the severe end, although is capable of speech, something that not all people afflicted with autism can claim. Not every person with autism can count cards or even toothpicks. It all depends on person to person. I see the things that Raymond was able to do as being a personality thing and not a autism thing. Then again, I'm fortunate enough to be able to work with autistic individuals as well as having a sister with Asberger's.
The movie is more of a family story to me than anything else. A selfish man who learns to be selfless, if only for the sake of the brother that he'd never gotten a chance to know. In that respect it's a very good film.
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