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Wick's Review
Summary - Really Great 4.5
Who’s on first? Tom Cruise to start, until Dustin Hoffman outshines him in an acting duet for the ages. Rain Man is all that and much more, a wonderful movie full of charm, humanity and insight. It won the Big Four Oscars in 1989 – Best Picture, Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman), Best Director and Best Screenplay.
Three decades later, it still delights all who click play, triggering the trifecta of laughter, tears and wonder.
Acting - Very Good 3.5
Tom Cruise opens Rain Man in Ray-Bans watching a Lamborghini he’s imported get lowered off a ship. Charlie Babbitt, younger brother of Dustin Hoffman’s Raymond Babbitt, is a fixture in the Cruise Canon. Hoffman earned his second Best Actor Oscar by becoming the world’s most famous autistic savant.
- Valeria Golino underwhelms as Cruise’s girl.
- Barry Levinson cameos at the end as a kindly doctor.
Male Stars - Perfect 5.0
Dustin Hoffman & Tom CruiseFemale Stars - Good 3.0
Female Costars - Good 3.0
Male Costars - Very Good 3.5
Film - Really Great 4.5
Barry Levinson won his sole Best Director Oscar for Rain Man, which also won Best Picture.