Rating of
2.5/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 03/18/19
This acclaimed comedy-drama does have a solid pair of performances from Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman. They play bothers, one a self absorbed salesman and the other an autistic savant. The set up and first act is well paced. But the actual meat of the story is just a series of vignettes that don't really amount to anything all that interesting. There's a love interest for Cruise who comes and goes when needed. It doesn't help her acting is nothing special. It's good natured and there's nothing painfully dated about the depiction of autism. But it's nothing particularly sspecial either.
