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Rain Man
United Artists
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R
Starring
Dustin Hoffman,
Tom Cruise,
Valeria Golino,
Gerald R. Molen,
Jack Murdock,
and
Bonnie Hunt
What begins with a cold-hearted attempt by one man to steal his autistic brother's inheritance evolves into a cross-country odyssey of love, family and self-discovery.
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Ronald Bass
Barry Morrow (also story)
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Barry Levinson
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: January 1, 2000
Video: May 1, 2001
Theatrical: December 16, 1988
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| RUNNING TIME: |
133 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
USA Today
Mike Clark
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]
90
Los Angeles Times
Sheila Benson
Somehow, Hoffman makes all this hypnotically interesting, and, through impeccable timing, sometimes terribly funny--a sweet humor which never betrays Raymond's unalterable character. [16 Dec 1988]
90
Newsweek
David Ansen
In every detail - the superb soundtrack, the rich cinematography, the dinstinctively edgy editing - Rain Man reveals itself as a movie made with care, smarts, and a refreshing refusal to settle for the unexpected. [19 Dec 1988]
90
Wall Street Journal
Julie Salamon
A film that is both touching and generous of spirit - and funny as well. [15 Dec 1988, p.A16(E)]
88
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
How 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.
80
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Fortunately, the script by Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow isn't half bad, and both Barry Levinson's direction and the performances are agreeably restrained.
75
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
The story wanders, the plot twists seem contrived at times, and the emotions are never as intense as they might be. But it highlights yet another facet of Hoffman's talent: a gift for monochrome, of all things! And it has a heart as good as Raymond's own. [30 Dec 1988]
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Jay Scott
Only 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.
75
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
There is ultimately in Rain Man a soul that emerges. It's not the grand vision found in the great films, but it is a vision nevertheless. [16 Dec 1988]
75
Chicago Tribune
Dave Kehr
Though it's well directed, written and performed, Rain Main still slips irreversibly into the so-what category. [16 Dec 1988]
70
TV Guide
Staff (Not Credited)
Rain Man rises above the banality of its concept--another buddy movie crossbred with a road picture--to become a genuinely moving and intelligent look at what it means to be human.
70
Variety
Staff (Not Credited)
It's a mature assignment for Cruise and he's at his best in the darker scenes.
60
The New York Times
Vincent Canby
In much the way that Raymond stays detached, the performance seems to exist outside the film but, instead of illuminating Rain Man, it upstages the work of everyone else involved. [16 Dec 1988, p.C12]
50
Time
Richard Schickel
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]
50
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Hoffman blows costar Cruise right off the screen...Instead of playing off or with Hoffman (a greenhorn's smartest strategy), Cruise tends to play at him, flailing and swearing like a spoiled, grounded pilot in "Top Gun II."
50
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
Cruise is becoming a real star, confident and gleaming. But neither he nor Hoffman nor the cleverness of the director, Barry Levinson, can prevail against a screenplay that has a beginning at the Ohio home, a finish in L.A., and nothing much in between. [9 Jan 1989]
30
Washington Post
Hal Hinson
It's Hoffman's failure, though, that sinks the picture. He is working here with his usual meticulousness, but there's no relaxation in his performance, no sense that he has ever merged with his subject, that he has found Raymond's center and is simply acting out of it.
30
The New Yorker
Pauline Kael
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]
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