Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino
Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.
DVD Release Date: January 1, 2000
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September 19, 2009I loved this movie, and I'm not a Tom Cruise fan at all. Such a sweet story!
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July 30, 2009Raymond: Of course I don't have my underwear. I'm definitely not wearing my underwear.
Charlie: I gave you a fresh pair of mine to wear. Where are they?
Raymond: They're in the pocket of my jacket. Here.
Charlie: I don't want them back.
Raymond: These are not boxer shorts. Mi...( read more) -
March 4, 2009Dustin Hoffman is always turning in amazing performances. Once again, he kicks ass in this film and makes you believe without hesitation that he has autism. How fucking hard would that be? Man!
But the performances aren't the only strong point of this film. I really enjoyed ...( read more) -
February 7, 2009One of my old favourites, the best part Dustin Holfman has ever played. It gave an insight to the world into Autism.
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November 20, 2009Kako je ovo dobar ljep film i prica je super to je valda jedini film u kojem mogu podnjet toma crusa.
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November 12, 2009An undisputed classic with an incredible award-winning performance from Dustin Hoffman, this is another of my favourite movies. Delving into the little-addressed issue of autism and Asperger's syndrome, Hoffman shines and is absolutely astonishing as Raymond Babbitt. There's not ...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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April 9, 2009C'est vraiment un chef-d'oeuvre! J'ai acheté ce film suite au vidéo d'Eminem We Made You haha et je ne le regrette pas! Un des meilleurs films que j'ai vu. J'aimerais tellement ca avoir un frère comme ça:p
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January 20, 2009(1988 Director: Barry Levinson) Dustin Hoffman...what talent!!! Yes, he outshined even Tom Cruise. Stealing the stage is a feat oft pulled off by Dustin (Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Doubtfire) A plus for understanding the disabled. A role Hoffman was made for. Cruise plays an initially unconcerned brother, spoiled rich kid feels he has lost his inheritance and displays amazing superficiality by seeking out the undisclosed "someone" to whom his father has left a $3 million trust. Dustin acts the role of an adult autistic character with true sensitivity. Cruise develops genuine concern for his older "lost" brother who was institutionalized due to the possible harm Hoffman (who has autims) posed to Cruise at home! All this occurs as Cruise's character is all but disinherited except for his wealthy father's prized 1949 Buick Roadmaster.
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June 18, 2008Contrary to one of the themes of this movie, K-Mart does NOT suck. I buy all of my three striped gym socks from this fine department store franchise.
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April 22, 2008You do understand that Dustin Hoffman's character is an autistic savant, right? So his attitudes in the movie are justified because, guess what? THAT'S HOW SOME AUTISTIC PEOPLE ACT!
But I do see what you mean about the ending. The ending was definitely one of the best parts of the movie because it was realistic. -
February 11, 2007This is a character driven story which as far as movies are concerned is my first love, but this movie left me irritated!
Perhaps I am do not have the patience, nor the political correctness of someone who enjoyed or who would enjoy this film!? When I went to see it in the theater I fell asleep! It literally bored me into unconsciousness! When I finally saw the movie, for the first time, on dvd, I told my friends who I watched the movie with,...
"I wanna hit him! Can I hit'em? Please!!? Please,.. not to hurt him, just to make him shut the fuck up!"
...in an effort to display my frustration for Dustin Hoffmans character, ya know the retard with the 83 IQ...
The ending, the way that it ended, took some criticism and I actually enjoyed the ending and it was the best part of the movie. And no, not just for the cynical "Thank God!!! It's finally over!!!", but I understood the significance of the ending, it was poignant and it made sense.
The story was good, but the script was awful! The acting was good, but the moments of stupidity, in particularly for Hoffmans character, were excrutiating!!! A star and a half is all this movie is worth!
Terribly annoying... is an understatement, in an effort to describe this movie!
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