MOVIE · 1988
Rain Man
Drama134 min
After his estranged father dies, Tom Cruise is Charlie Babbitt, a fast-talking Los Angeles car dealer who heads back to Cincinnati expecting an inheritance and instead learns he has an older brother he never knew existed. Raymond (Dustin Hoffman) lives in an institution and has been left their father’s fortune, prompting Charlie to take him on a cross-country trip back to California. Barry Levinson’s film turns highways, motels, and roadside stops into the setting for an uneasy reunion, as Charlie tries to manage a brother whose routines and remarkable abilities he doesn’t understand.
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