Rain Man

Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise    w/d  Barry Levinson

Twenty years on it still works...largely because of Hoffman's performance. As the film goes by it becomes impossible to think he is an actor playing a part...he so inhabits the role.

That said it did seem that TC's character was overcooked...he was so solipsistic and mean-spirited he came across as a caricature rather than a three dimensional human. And it seemed improbable that Valeria Golino would stay with such a self-absorbed jerk.

But there was never a moment when I felt like shutting it off even after multiple viewings. That says volumes...

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