When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.
Editor's Verdict
"Rain Man's plot revolves entirely around the inheritance dispute and the cross-country journey between the brothers. While it was released during the holiday season, the film does not feature Christmas in its setting, plot, themes, or iconography in any substantial way that would qualify it as a Christmas movie."
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