Haven't had the great opportunity of watching this classic until now. Strange, really. However, it was beautiful. It's about Charles (played by a young Tom Cruise), a car salesman who runs his own company, but is obviously on his way down the drain. Deals knocking down on him, the DPA failing his imported cars, loan givers being ready to pull back. Everything looks bad.
So, suddenly Charles receives notice that his father has passed away. His first reaction is, well of course a bit chocked, yet it doesn't seem to bother him that much. As his fiancé [riding in the car with him as he receives the news over the 80's-styled car phone] reacts on that he doesn't seem to show the usual emotions, he explains how come the father-son relationship hasn't exactly been all that idyllic.
Anyways, they go for the funeral. It shall be revealed that Charles is more concerned about any possible heritage than the act of mourning. So, he goes there, really just to find out that his father had written a special will leaving him with less than he had thought. Let's say he'd been thrifty with the liquid assets. However, another not yet known factor also comes to Charles knowledge - he has a brother. Not just any brother, but an autistic brother which his/their father had not ever spoken about. So, what's an autistic person like? Well, there are several types of autism. Raymond here is dealing with the savant syndrome, which I personally find really amazing. Savant persons are somewhat a computer system. They do advanced math problems like 2+2. They also have the capacity to store huge amounts of informations in their "hard drive". Like, phone books, history, whatever. However, human emotions and social behavior just doesn't click right. Therefor, savant persons have great difficulties living in a normal society.
However, it will get obvious that Charles isn't the most caring brother at first. His company is on the edge of falling, and he needs to think of a way to get his hands on the three million dollars of liquid assets that his father had left behind. However, a interesting journey begins from here. Towards the end, things will look somewhat different.
A great movie, that everyone should go see. Dustin Hoffman makes a great role as Raymond, the autistic brother. Like I've said before, it has to be a real struggle to fit into a role as mentally otherwise. This is the second time I see this (the first one I mentioned was Sigourney Weaver in 'Snow Cake'). However, really great film. Go see this one, if you haven't already.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095953/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_Man
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