Rain Man Resources

These folks give Hoffman kudos for his portrayal and for raising awareness of autism.

However, some folks think the film's presentation of autism was pretty off and even detrimental to understanding what high-functioning autism actually looks like.

Apparently the debate about the movie's depiction of autism is so heated that one British website put up an actual point-by-point "debate" about it.

Film critic Leslie Felperin, whose son was diagnosed with autism, does an overview of Rain Man's strengths and weaknesses, along with several other films about the spectrum.

Check out what film critic Roger Ebert thought about the film when it first came out.

Want to learn more about the real man behind the fiction? Check out this 43-minute documentary about Kim Peek.

Listen to a radio interview with Rain Man screenwriter Barry Morrow.

Here's the guy credited with giving Barry Morrow the idea to write Rain Man.

…And here's a picture of Kim Peek and Dustin Hoffman together.