Rain Man
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78% Critic Match

Rain Man

A journey through understanding and fellowship.

7.8 / 10 1988 2h 14mR English
Drama

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Raymond Babbitt

Lead
Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise

Charlie Babbitt

Valeria Golino

Valeria Golino

Susanna

Gerald R. Molen

Gerald R. Molen

Dr. Bruner

Jack Murdock

Jack Murdock

John Mooney

Michael D. Roberts

Michael D. Roberts

Vern

Ralph Seymour

Ralph Seymour

Lenny

Lucinda Jenney

Lucinda Jenney

Iris

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Barry Levinson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Rain Man is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker