Barry Levinson

Rain Man (1988) Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise

RAIN MAN (1988) – REVIEW BY PAULINE KAEL

Rain Man is Dustin Hoffman humping one note on a piano for two hours and eleven minutes. It’s his dream role. As the autistic savant Raymond Babbitt, he’s impenetrable: he doesn’t make eye contact or touch anyone or carry on a conversation; he doesn’t care what anybody thinks of him.