Review of Rain Man (1988) by Matthew H — 12 Oct 2015

There are some movies that make you emotional, makes you think and to the greater extent it may also influence on one to change his attitude on some aspects, there are some characters which are filled with modesty, sympathy, humbleness that makes the audience to easily get along with the story and makes to fall in love with them, 1988 Drama 'Rain Man' is one such movie that truly make its viewers emotional with its essence of compassion and brotherhood along with unforgettable characters like Ray and Charlie.

Director Barry Levinson's extraordinary story telling abilities and along with perfect casting for the characters made this work a masterpiece, the phase where Charlie's role played by Tom Cruise being selfish, arrogant and rough man gradually turns out to be the loving and caring brother is so well presented, Tom Cruise's acting skills made him to play such a transforming character that has to show double shades, Dustin Hoffman as an autistic genius makes every viewers to fall in love with the character Ray played by him which is filled with modesty, brilliance and fun, he truly deserved the Oscar trophy for his magnificent performance.

Technically screenplay is the prominent highlighting factor in the movie that has very soft flow and appealing narrative line, camera and locations adds extra points to its beauty, overall Rain Man makes you feel happy and makes you emotional with its modesty charm.