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On my latest shopping trip and the usual walk past the bargain DVD’s I happened to spot this one and wondered to myself my I had never seen it before as it stars two actors which I really do like.
At the start of the film we meet Charles Babbitt, played by Tom Cruise who owns a business and is in desperate need of money to save this business. He is off on a business trip with his girlfriend when he gets news that his father has died. Charles is not sad by this as he hadn’t spoken to his father since he was 16. Charles does attend the funeral as he needs to find out what is going to happen to all his father money and property as he really could do with this money.
Charles soon discovers that he has only bee left the car and the money and property have been given to a trustee. With some research Charles is lead to a hospital where he soon discovers he has an elder brother, who has been left all of the $3 million.
Raymond, the brother is an autistic savant but he does know of his brother and father and tells Charles stories of when they were little. Charles sees Raymond as a money machine and decides to remove him from the hospital with the intention of getting hold of the money which he believes to be rightfully his.
Charles and Raymond set of on a journey which Charles believes will enable him to get hold of the money but things don’t go too well when Charles struggles to deal with Raymond’s illness. Will the brothers be able to bond and will Charles even get his hands on the money he needs so much?
I am so shocked that I have never seen this film and I am so glad that I now have. I thought that the storyline was excellent and was put across n such an emotional and powerful way. I thought that they portrayed the suffering of an autistic savant person very well and did not make the character out to be stupid or less of a man than he was. I thought that Dustin Hoffman who played Raymond did an amazing job and I am so glad that he won an Oscar for his performance. He managed to make me feel a whole different range of emotions, one minute I was feeling sorry for him as he was unable to take being out of his routine and the next minute I would be laughing at him for some silly story he was telling Charles. He really did the role justice and had me believing that he really was a sufferer.
Tom Cruise played the role of Charles and at the beginning of the film I did not warm to his character as he was quite arrogant but after about half an hour I did start to warm to him and I liked how he managed to portray the role of dealing with an autistic brother. He showed a lot of sides to his character and he did work really well with Dustin Hoffman and they had a great chemistry together.
The supporting actors in the film were all very good and played their roles well. I did like the role of Charles girlfriend and though she fitted in well.
I will admit that both me and hubby found the sex scene very funny as Raymond just honestly did not know what was happening and without spoiling it I will just say that I bet it took several takes for them to be able to record it with straight faces.
I was pleasantly surprised by some of the amazing views which we were treated to in the film with the brothers driving to Los Angeles and these did add something extra to the film for me. The music was good and very appropriate for the places in which it was used. The film was made in the 1980’s so it does look a bit dated now but do not let this put you off as it has such a powerful and moving storyline it still holds its own today and is well worth a watch.
The DVD which we have does only have Chapter search and Original theatrical trailer as the bonus material but this was no great loss to me as I am not a fan of bonus material.
The running time of the film is 2 hours and 8 minutes and I have to say I was hooked to each and ever one of them. The certificate is a 15. I managed to pick this DVD up for just £3 in Tesco so do shop around for a bargain.
I do highly recommend this film to all who have not watched it. The storyline is very powerful and moving and it stars to wonderful actors. A definite 5 stars from both me and hubby.
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