Rain Man
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8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 71 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 64 out of 71
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 71
  3. Negative: 3 out of 71

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Metascore
65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
  3. Negative: 2 out of 18
  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Pauline Kael
    30
    Everything in this movie is fudged ever so humanistically, in a perfuctory, low-pressure way. And the picture has its effectiveness: people are crying at it. Of course they're crying at it - it's a piece of wet kitsch. [6 Feb 1989]
  2. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Schickel
    50
    Rain Man's restraint is, finally, rather like Raymond's gabble. It discourages connections, keeping you out instead of drawing you in. [19 Dec 1998]
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    100
    There've been few screen moments more moving this year than Cruise's initial reaction to his brother's almost superhuman math prowess. [16 Dec 1988]
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