DVD 133 mins IMDB 7.9

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#120

Comedy, Drama

Tom Cruise	Charlie Babbitt
Dustin Hoffman	Raymond Babbitt
Valeria Golino	Susanna
Bonnie Hunt	Sally Dibbs
Lucinda Jenney	Iris
Michael D. Roberts	Vern
Ralph Seymour	Lenny
Gerald R. Molen	Dr. Bruner
Jack Murdock	John Mooney
Kim Robillard	Small Town Doctor
Andrew Dougherty
Dolan Dougherty
John-Michael Dougherty
Marshall Dougherty

Director	Barry Levinson
Producer	Mark Johnson; Peter Guber
Writer	Barry Morrow; Ronald Bass

Charlie Babbit (Tom Cruise) is having financial woes when his father passes away. He expects to inherit the estate but is shocked to elarn that he has a brother and that the money went to that brother. He travels to the mental institution where his brother is a patient. His brother, Raymond, (Dustin Hoffman) turns out to be a savant who is a genius with numbers. Charlie takes his father's old car and his brother and starts driving across the country to his home. Along the way he finds out how difficult it can be to have his brother around. Raymond won't fly. Raymond refuses to wear any underwear except the ones purchased at K-Mart in Cincinnati. Raymond has to see Judge Wopner every day. But, he also starts realizing that he cares about his brother. He petitions the court for custody of Raymond, but finally accepts the fact that Raymond is beter off back in the home.