Rain Man ☆☆☆☆☆ (5 stars)

Film: Rain Man
Director: Barry Levinson
Main Actors: Dustin Hoffman; Tom Cruise; Valeria Golino
Year: 1988
Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ (5 stars)

This is SUCH a good film. Tom Cruise plays Charlie Babbitt who only discovers he has a brother, Raymond (Hoffman) when his father dies and leaves his fortune to him. Raymond is a deeply autistic savant who lives in an institute, and when Charlie discovers this, he kidnaps him, and the film tracks their progress as he tries to get his hands on the inheritance. Much of the film is improvised, for example the fart in the phone box scene, happened when Dustin Hoffman farted on camera and he and Tom Cruise rolled with it.

I haven't seen a lot of Dustin Hoffman before (apart Meet the Fockers), and I thought he was superb, as was Tom Cruise. Also watching this film gave a first major milestone for the blog, as one of my friends, who has seen bloody everything, hasn't seen this yet, so I'm starting claw my way into that film buff status! 

For a little snazzy knowledge bomb, sales of the Ray Bans Tom Cruise wears spiked shot up 15% following the films release. Also when Dustin Hoffman won Best Actor at the Oscars for this film, it was the first time the announcement was made using the words 'and the Oscar goes to', rather than 'and the winner is'. How bloody fascinating is that!

The film is on Netflix which is always a bonus, and you can see the trailer here. It deservedly won a whole host of awards, such as the Oscar for Best Actor, Director and Film, and I would urge anyone who hasn't seen the film to go see it. It gets a well deserved 5 stars from J Blogs. I'm sure everyone involved in making the film will be thrilled!