Tom Cruise and the character of Charlie

Extract

[...] Tom Cruise and the character of Charlie There are many lessons that parents teach their children. Parents teach their children to be honest, patient, nice, kind, non-materialistic, giving, and many, many more. As we go and we learn our society's films reflect the same messages. The movie “Rain directed by Barry Levinson and starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman, particularly plays towards the lessons on patience and kindness that all of our parents have taught us. Cruise's gradual transformation of the Charlie character is in itself one of the key reasons for ‘Rain Man's greatness. [...]

[...] The two of them play Black Jack and manage to make enough money to cover Charlie's business expenses. As Charlie's personality improves, so does Raymond's. It was obvious at the beginning of the movie that Raymond was terrified of new people, couldn't handle people touching his things, couldn't listen to directions at all, etc. As the movie progressed, Raymond did as well. He learned to answer his brother's questions in a more direct fashion, he learned to socialize and even flirt with women. [...]