A journey through understanding and fellowship.
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, spare and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
Who loves it, who doesn't
96 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Thrill Chasers.
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Cast
- Dustin HoffmanRaymond Babbitt
- Tom CruiseCharlie Babbitt
- Valeria GolinoSusanna
- Gerald R. MolenDr. Bruner
- Jack MurdockJohn Mooney
- Michael D. RobertsVern
- Ralph SeymourLenny
- Lucinda JenneyIris
- Bonnie HuntSally Dibbs
- Kim RobillardSmall Town Doctor
Crew
- Barry LevinsonDirector
- Ronald BassScreenplay
- Barry MorrowScreenplay
- John SealeDirector of Photography
- Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer
- Stu LinderEditor
- Mark JohnsonProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
Good Will Hunting 199784% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form.
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The Fighter 201077% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form.
The Shawshank Redemption 199477% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form.
Dodsworth 193676% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form.
Terms of Endearment 198376% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest.- Rumours 197768% alikeAlbum · Both earnest, classical in form.
A Very English Scandal 201865% alikeSeries · Both classical in form.
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