If there was ever a joint Best-Actor Oscar then Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman would be likely candidates for their superb performances in Barry Levinson's superb drama. Cruise is on fire as the young egotistical car salesman whose $3 million inheritance falls to the autistic brother (Hoffmann) he never he had. The rest of the film develops into a first-rate road movie as Cruise attempts to claim what should be is but ends up becoming a better man in the process.
Everything for a genuine masterpiece is there and is used to the full, the acting being the icing on top of the cake. Whilst there certainly is moving, subtle drama, there's plenty of laughs in seeing the highly-strung Cruise's greedy ambitions falling through before finally finding his heart. All in all, an absorbing, moving and undoubtedly wonderful film.
Everything for a genuine masterpiece is there and is used to the full, the acting being the icing on top of the cake. Whilst there certainly is moving, subtle drama, there's plenty of laughs in seeing the highly-strung Cruise's greedy ambitions falling through before finally finding his heart. All in all, an absorbing, moving and undoubtedly wonderful film.