Rain Man [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of Rain Man [VHS]
Movie Review: Open your minds and hearts for this one of a kind experience!
Summary: 5 Stars
A movie that will truly speak to you in many ways, `Rain Man' hits all the right chords over and over again. As Raymond Babbitt, Dustin Hoffman truly deserved that Oscar for he evokes so much emotion from the viewer it's almost impossible to keep from tearing up. Tom Cruise on the other hand is easily overshadowed by the depth in Hoffman's performance. I'm not a fan of Cruise and feel he's overly praised by many. His performance here was better than the majority of his others and he in no way detracts from the power of the film, but he could have been substituted and I'd have no issues with that.
Charlie Babbitt (Cruise) is a pompous, self centered, materialistic jerk who's in dire need of some cash. When he hears that his estranged father has recently died (a man he hasn't personally spoken with since he was sixteen) he travels with his girlfriend (Valeria Golino) to the funeral. Upon discussing his fathers will he discovers that he wasn't left anything but a classic car and some roses. His fathers millions on the other hand were left to Raymond (Hoffman), Charlie's autistic brother whom he's never known off. In a purely selfish attempt at receiving his share of his fathers fortune Charlie, in a way, kidnaps his brother to force the trusties hand to pay up. Because of Raymond's fear of flying the two brother's end up on a cross country trip towards LA that causes Charlie to slowly change; realizing that this is more than money, this is about having a real relationship with a brother he never knew.
There are two scenes in particular that really got me, both involving a dance. The first is when Raymond wants to learn to dance. Charlie then teaches him, and the reason this scene really touched me was because it was the first act of pure selflessness on Charlie's part, the first scene where Charlie was doing something for Raymond, not because he wanted something from him but because he wanted to do something nice for him. The next involves Raymond and Susanna (Golino) in an elevator. After Raymond is `stood-up' for his first date Susanna stops the elevator and has Raymond show her how he would have danced with his date, and then she kisses him. It's the single sweetest scene in the film for here is a person with no ties to Raymond whatsoever doing something for him; I mean I can't even begin to explain how touching that one scene is for me.
So, in closing, `Rain Man' is a movie that is meant to inspire, to move and compel others to open there hearts, and to that effect it truly works. To watch Charlie transform over time from loathing his brother to accepting and loving him (although my pet-peeve with this film is that at the end when his brother is on the bus Charlie doesn't TELL him that he loves him) and that transformation is just so emotionally moving. Thanks in a large way to Dustin Hoffman's brilliant Oscar winning performance, and even to Tom Cruise's development of character (I will admit he was convincing as a jerk who leant a lesson, as much as I despise him) `Rain Man' pays off in the end as a wonderful cinematic experience that EVERYONE should and can enjoy!
Movie Review: Rain Man
Summary: 5 Stars
A great movie, watched with the entire family, all enjoyed immensely. Very funny in parts yet very educational also.Movie Review: fake widescreen
Summary: 4 Stars
I compared the widescreen with the pan & scan version which of both are on this disc and the "widescreen" is pan and scan with black bars on top and bottom masqaradeing as widescreen giving you even less of the original films panaramic view.Movie Review: Good to watch
Summary: 4 Stars
Very funny and heartwarming movie about a "special" condition, one told with great grace and learning is not low in this movie. This movie can change ideas and sterotypes about people with Autism or anyother mental disease/problem whatever you may call it.
Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman are great in this movie of two brothers who just met, one with a very short temper and one with a pretty unique view of life through a mental illness.
Movie Review: Artistic?
Summary: 4 Stars
I rate this movie 8/10. This movie is among the Best 1000 DVD's by Peter Travers, and won 4 Oscars in 1988, including Best Picture. Dustin Hoffman nails his character of an autistic brother of the always interesting Cruise. Hoffman got the Oscar for this performance. Cruise is in need of money, and it is all he cares about, not family, not relationships. He finds his brother by chance and tries to get part of the money he received after their father died. The movie is touching, but also funny. There is one terrific scene when Cruise stops at a shrink office to get some help, and when the nurse asks him what is the reason he is there, he says "My brother is autistic", and she asks: "Artistic? What is that ... ?" This scene is very funny, really funny. Also, when Hoffman wants 8 pieces of fish (instead of 4), Cruise finds a very easy and funny way to work that out. You have to see that for yourself. Hoffman, besides being an "excellent driver", can "gamble" really good. So they stop by Las Vegas to get some easy money and learn how to fall in love.
It's a really good movie, very entertaining, and very interesting. Some of us have to work with autistic people and we know how hard it is to have them doing something (at least, something of what we want them to do...). Very inspiring in that sense too.