Rain Man (1988) Review
Rain Man (1988) rates 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Everybody remembers Hoffman and the Oscar, and the film belongs to Tom Cruise, who plays a genuinely unpleasant man for ninety minutes and earns the change without ever…
Actor: Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman won Best Actor for Kramer vs Kramer and Rain Man, and was nominated seven times across four decades.
The Graduate made him a star at thirty playing twenty-one, and Midnight Cowboy immediately afterward proved the range, with Ratso Rizzo built on a physical deterioration he sustained across a long shoot.
His preparation methods became notorious. The story about Olivier suggesting he try acting on Marathon Man is probably improved in the telling, and Tootsie’s production was reportedly difficult for everyone.
Allegations of sexual harassment emerged in 2017 from several women, which he has partially acknowledged, and they are part of the record.
