Story Line
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.
“A journey through understanding and fellowship.”
Top Cast
Dustin Hoffman
Raymond Babbitt
Tom Cruise
Charlie Babbitt
Valeria Golino
Susanna
Gerald R. Molen
Dr. Bruner
Jack Murdock
John Mooney
Michael D. Roberts
Vern
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Rating
7.8/ 10
Release Date
1988-12-12
Runtime
2h 14m
Genres
Drama
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User Reviews (3)
John Chard
10/10
•9/26/2014My main man Charlie Babbitt.
It is something of a great cinematic achievement that Rain Man became the great film it clearly is because the story surrounding it is interestingly Hollywood in itself.
Four directors, six screenwriters, two cinema...
Peter McGinn
No rating•4/4/2020
I am not going to pretend I have much substantive to say about this movie that will make readers gasp or slap their forwards and realize, yes, that is why I should love this film! But as this is one of my wife and my favorite movies ever, I thought I...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•1/29/2024"Charlie" (Tom Cruise) works his luxury car import business quite literally wheeling and dealing when he is told that his estranged father has died. Driving to meet the solicitor he's informed that he is to receive some perfectly grown roses, but tha...