Analysis Of The Movie Rain Man

Assignment one

Rain man

“Rain Man’ is a movie about two lost brothers named Raymond and Charlie Babbitt. Raymond was the brother that suffered from autistic savant syndrome. Charlie did not know he had a brother due to a very distant relationship with his father. In the movie his father dies and leaves Raymond a three million trust fund for his care in the institution, where he has spent most of his adult life. Charlie is left with his fathers rose bushes and his 1949 Buick Road master that ruined their relationship. Charlie and his girlfriend, Susanna, travel to Cincinnati, Ohio to track down who his father left his trust fund too. While Charlie is looking for the person that just inherited the three million. Raymond was outside for a walk and sees his fathers 49 Buick. Susanna is sitting in the car and Raymond hops in and sits right next to her. He is blabbering memories, recalling that the 49 Buick is his father’s car. He says “My dad lets me drive it slow on the driveway. I’m an excellent driver.” Raymond was repeating what his father would say to him when he would let him drive it. Because Raymond is autistic savant he has an extremely good memory to significant things. Charlie came out of the institution pretty pissed off because he could not get the answers he wanted until he saw some man in his car with his lady. He started shouting “Who are you” and “What are you doing in my car.” Raymond repeated back to him what his father would say when he drove it again. Raymond hopped out of the car and also mention

This form of autism is a condition where the person demonstrates abilities in far in excess that would not be considered normal. “ Savant syndrome is a condition in which a person with a mental disability, such as an autism spectrum disorder, demonstrates profound and prodigious capacities or abilities far in excess of what would be considered normal.”