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Mood:
- Feel GoodTouchingCaptivatingUpliftingBittersweetEmotionalSentimentalSincere
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Plot:
- Mentally ChallengedRedemptionSiblings RelationsHopesMind and SoulMisfitFamily RelationsSelf Discovery more...
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Genres:
- DramaMelodrama
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century80s
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Praise:
- Award WinnerBlockbusterCritically AcclaimedOscar WinnerModern ClassicBerlin Festival WinnerPrestigious Awards
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Style:
- On the Road
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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- ProfanitySexual Content
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Rain Man, 1988
English, Italian
USA
Profile of Rain Man
The mood of Rain Man is uplifting, bittersweet, and feel good. The plot centers around a mentally challenged character, redemption, and sibling relations. It is a drama movie. Stylistically, Rain Man has a road movie structure and is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It happens in the 1980s. Rain Man is known for being a Berlin festival winner, a modern classic, and an Oscar winner. Note that it includes sexual content and profanity.
Summary of Rain Man
Callous hustler Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) is busy working on his next deal when he receives word that his estranged father has died. After traveling back to Ohio from Los Angeles for the funeral, Charlie is miffed to find that although he will receive a vintage Buick from his father's estate, he isn't getting a cent of the three-million-dollar fortune. Instead, Charlie finds that the money has been left to the caretakers of his institutionalized autistic brother, Raymond (Dustin Hoffman). Once he gets over the shock of the existence of a brother of whom he seems to have no recollection, Charlie kidnaps Raymond and heads cross-country in the Buick in an attempt to get a cut of the inheritance to pay off some of his failing deals. However, during their adventure, Charlie not only learns how to deal with Raymond's many idiosyncrasies, but he also actually begins to care about his older brother, surprising even himself with his ability to love and his realization that money isn't necessarily the most important thing. Barry Levinson directs Ron Bass's script with impeccable timing and a wonderful sense of humor.
Details
| Language: | English, Italian |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 12 December 1988 |
| Runtime: | 133 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as Raymond Babbitt
as Charlie Babbitt
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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- by: Jay Scott
Variety
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- by: Staff (Not Credited)
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