WithBorn, Cruise for the first time carries the full weight of a dramatic picture with a Big Theme, a movie much anticipated in Hollywood, which has already started the drumbeat for an Academy Award nomination.
Tom Cruise's movies tell the story of his career, from action blockbusters like Mission Impossible to charming dramas like Jerry Maguire.
Raymond, who he goes to meet. Autistic and gifted in ways that Charlies is only beginning to understand, Raymond sets off on a chaotic road trip with his brother – one that will transform them both. Though much attention has been given to Dustin Hoffman’s performance, it’s ...
Stage Set for Autistic Licence; Voyage of Discovery: Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman in the Film Rain Man. the Stage Version Has Josh Hartnett as Charlie and British Actor Adam Godley as Raymond
movie’s runtime. Add in the fact that the purpose ofThandie Newton’s character is to literally distract the villain by having sex with him, and the whole movie really falls apart from the word “go.” Luckily, Cruise would recover with subsequent installments in theMission: Impossible...
Because of this, Raymond finds out he has a brother named Charlie (Tom Cruise), whom he's never met before. Charlie, shocked by the news and the fact that he was left a lot less (rosebushes and a convertible), tracks Raymond down at a mental institution, where he learns Raymond has...
Ridley Scott's dark fantasy epic (and not just because he's bent down low for most of the film), but I'm convinced this ambitious snooze fest made Cruise go, "It didn't work out with Ridley, so let me try his brother Tony next," and that's why he followed Legend up with Top ...
oppositePaul NewmaninThe Color of Money, which was directed byMartin Scorsese, and two years later starred as anautisticman’s selfish brother inRain Man. For his portrayal of aVietnam Warveteran turned activistRon KovicinBorn on the Fourth of July(1989), Cruise received his firstAcademy Award...