What do you guys think of Rain Man?

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I have never seen it, but it looks kind of offensive and VERY boring (storyline wise) and don't really want to see if it is like that but my parents look I would like it (despite the fact that is rated "R" and they don't like me watching "R" rated movies, they have been wanting me to watch it since I was like 13).

We have it on DVD, I wouldn't watch even if I would get punished severely for watching it if I was like held hostage or something.

Never seen it... from what I've heard, the autie in the film is pretty stereotypical, but not really offensive. I guess my opinion could be summed up as "Meh, could be worse."

My dad likes it, but he says it's because of the acting mostly, and that is something I don't care about much when watching movies. I hardly even notice if the acting is good or bad.

It's a good movie, I enjoyed it. It's got some pretty funny parts as well. Raymond is extremely stereotypical, and because I don't actually know any fairly low functioning autistic people, I don't know if it's real or not.

The plot line is Tom Cruise is a player type guy and his parents are dead and he goes to get his older autistic brother out of the residential care place he's in because of something to do with the inheritance. I don't remember that part, it's been a long time. Anyway he needs to bring his brother Raymond back to the West Coast for something but Raymond won't fly, so they drive. Tom Cruise has to adjust to all of Raymonds stuff, some of which cause him to melt down if he doesn't get, like watching Judge Wopner every day and keeping track of it in a notebook. Then he sees that Raymond can do lots of math in his head immediately so he takes him to Vegas and teaches him to count cards. I won't tell you how it ends.

I reccommend it. I enjoyed the movie, and my kids did too. I'd give it a shot if I were you. It starts a little slow, but as soon as Cruise gets to the residential place, about ten minutes or so into the movie, it picks up. You can always stop the movie if you don't like it, but give it a try.

I am the same with not caring about the acting, just the plot.

It has been a long time since I saw it and all I remember is the line that was something like "Now there's eight fish sticks" and something about the name of the moving coming from him not being able to say the name correctly. Wasn't there something about matchsticks in it? Not needing to count them or something like that? It's just like me to ask questions about specifics in a movie or book but forget the main plot.

The matchsticks part is there's a scene where the brothers are in a diner and the waitress drops a box of matches and Raymond instantly knows how many matches are spilled on the floor and the waitress is astonished to discover he is right.

I don't really have an opinion on the movie. I watched it last year because my Abnormal Psych professor seriously mentioned it about 5 or 6 times in an hour. During the lecture on Autism, he referred extensively to Rain Man as "high functioning" (what?) and Sheldon Cooper as a perfect depiction of Aspergers. Sigh.

He reminds me of my dad, but mostly because they had a similar walk (although my dads walk was not as exaggerated) lol.

I guess I share your sigh ....

I haven't seen the film, but I had the impression that Rain Man was more a savant than high-functioning - i.e. he had specific extreme abilities (such as calculations), but a lack of general practical abilities (hence living in a care facility). He is a long way from, say, Temple Grandin.

I hired it out over christmas I liked it I don't think I could bring myself to watch Forest Gump though.

I didn't find it offensive. When I saw it during its theatrical release, it made me uncomfortable for reasons I couldn't really explain or understand (I didn't think I was autistic, but it made me aware of certain speech patterns and behaviors I had). It's not particularly boring.

Also, Tom Cruise's character monologues about cars like an Aspie might, which struck me as interesting on my more recent viewing.

Also, I do know at least one autistic person who says she finds Raymond's portrayal to be relevant to her, so I am not sure it's entirely inaccurate in the sense of "no autistic person is like that." Similar to the reactions to another film by the same director - Mozart and the Whale.

If you know the background story then it could be. But otherwise no, and the story- a man trying to relate to his unkown brother, actually pretty good
background of it- actor didn't know anything about autism
It is based off a true story, someone who it turns out didn't have autism

Good. Apart from the special abilities, he's about the same as me in symptoms, severity and functioning. It showed the world that people with autism aren't entirely trapped in their own world, and that there's "milder" variants of it.

The character depicted in the movie has autism; he was based on several individuals with such, and they had a psychiatrist helping too. The real "Rain Man" didn't have autism, but the character wasn't just based on him.

I'm 17 and not allowed to watch "R"-Rated movies without an adult (not sure if the theatre rules or not but it's a house rule), my parents don't like asking me to stop movies, last time I did that, they got really annoyed. I also don't like asking people to turn movies off, I used to watch Disney movies at daycare and the daycare wouldn't stop them if I was acting bored, I used put my hands on the couch, with my back pointed to the TV and my face pointed to towards the couch, and slip my feet back and forth. She used to get mad when I didn't want to watch the movie, she would once said "Do you have eyes in your bum?". That's the point! I'm bored of this movie and trying to find a way to entertain myself while it ends! Maybe, that's why I feel forced to sit with whole movies. I don't know.

that is a house rule, at least in the US. A lot of theatres don't id or don't care anyway. I haven't been carded before and I look young.

Last edited by Alexender on 16 Feb 2012, 1:27 am, edited 1 time in total.

I actually enjoyed Rain Man, except for the fact Tom Cruise was in it.

I've had people start to call me rain man before....

My nephew is like him too (ASD).