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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, Metacritic 65/100. Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 90% of the 1,345 1980s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime and Max.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
7,310 audience votes
Key crew
- Ronald BassScreenplay
- Barry LevinsonDirector
- Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer
- Barry MorrowScreenplay
Cast
- Dustin HoffmanRaymond Babbitt
- Tom CruiseCharlie Babbitt
- Valeria GolinoSusanna
- Gerald R. MolenDr. Bruner
- Jack MurdockJohn Mooney
- Michael D. RobertsVern
- Ralph SeymourLenny
- Lucinda JenneyIris
- Bonnie HuntSally Dibbs
- Kim RobillardSmall Town Doctor
- Beth GrantMother at Farm House
- Dolan DoughertyFarm House Kid
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