It’s funny how it can sometimes take decades before you finally get round to seeing certain films. For me such a film was Rain Man, the 1988 film which I finally managed to see today in January 2025!

As expected I suppose, Dustin Hoffman shines throughout, in one of his most remarkable roles. Purely amazing. As for the other star, Tom Cruise, I must admit my first reaction is always that I’m not such a big fan of him. The slick, Miami-Vice-clad, yuppie-type role he plays is so incredibly dated by now that that doesn’t help him. It makes the first hour or so of the film slightly hard to watch.

Thankfully, the latter stages of the film more than make up for it. The “I like having you for my big brother’ scene near the end is very touching and makes the whole experience worth one’s while. As Julianne Moore says in Still Alice, when asked what it’s about: “It’s about love”. And so it is.

So in the end it was a big thumbs up from me.

From you as well? Let us know in the comments.

Adrian