Charlie Babbitt is a man who is out to make a fortune any way he can. Selling cars under the radar and trying to make a fast buck is his idea of living. He is on his way to a vacation when he gets a call from the family lawyer that his father died. Charlie makes a pit stop to show up at the funeral to say goodbye to his father, but really is there to get his hands on his dad's $3 million. When he gets to the reading of the will he finds that he was only left some prized rose bushes and his father's car, the only thing they both loved the same. The Money? Well, all of the money that was left to Raymond Babbitt, the oldest child of Charlie's parents who he never knew about. Truly pissed off at his father, he makes a visit to wear Raymond is staying and learns that he is in a home because Raymond is autistic. Realizing that Raymond has no concept of money he makes a bold move to take Raymond away from the home and try to get custody of him so he can control the millions. While on the road he realized not only was it a mistake to suddenly uproot Raymond from his home, and the way he does things, he realizes that he was missing in his life was really family and not money,
When you have big names in movies it's very hard for them to flop. Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise leading the way in this film made that a very true statement. Rain man was the highest grossing film of 1988, and was nominated for eight Academy Awards and took home four of them. Of the four it United Artist took home the coveted Best Picture Award. Their competition that year was tough but they be out the likes of: Warner Brothers' The Accidental Tourist and Dangerous Liaisons; Orion's Mississippi Burning; and 20th Century Fox's Working Girl for the top prize of the night.
Ok, so before this list I have never seen this movie before. I have heard many references to it but had no context for them really. I was looking forward to seeing it.. that is until I found out that Tom Cruise is in the film. I am sorry but I am not a Tom Cruise kind of girl. I don't see him as a great actor. He is a decent action star but not much his salt when it comes to acting. Dustin Hoffman more than makes up for the lack of skills the Tom Cruise has in this film. I loved the story about how these two found each other and became a family. I keep coming back to the great moments in this film the Hoffman put out for us to see. I understand why this film is a classic and why it's so loved. I love that they took a hard subject to talk about and were able to present it in a way that was not terrifying or hard to understand. This is a movie that I would definitely watch again, despite the fact Tom Cruise is in it.
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