Rain Man

"It’s a mature assignment for Cruise and he’s at his best in the darker scenes." 

"The performance is so remarkable, in fact, that it overwhelms what is otherwise a becomingly modest, decently thought-out, sometimes funny film." 

"Few actors could get anywhere with this challenge, and fewer still could absorb and even entertain us with their performance, but Hoffman proves again that he almost seems to thrive on impossible acting challenges (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" 

"Fortunately, the script by Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow isn't half bad, and both Barry Levinson's direction and the performances are agreeably restrained." 

"It's Hoffman's failure, though, that sinks the picture (...) There's no relaxation in his performance, no sense that he has ever merged with his subject" 

"Props should be given to Hoffman for insisting on the relatively downbeat ending, which saves 'Rain Man' from plunging into total offensiveness (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)" 

"'Rain Man' will disappoint no one (...) Hoffman makes all this hypnotically interesting, and, through impeccable timing, sometimes terribly funny"