Dustin Hoffman
great acting man
shareI agree! Dustin Hoffman was amazing in this film!
shareALMOST MAKES ME FORGET CRUISE IS SHIT GRINNIN' HIS WAY THROUGH THE PICTURE NEXT TO HIM.
shareCruise is the heart of the movie, it doesn't work without him.
shareI WOULD DISAGREE....YOU COULD RECAST THE CRUISE ROLE WITH AT LEAST A DOZEN OTHER ACTORS OF THE TIME AND IT WOULD STILL BE THE MODERN CLASSIC IT HAS BECOME....THE HOFFMAN ROLE IS WHAT THE FILM AND ITS NARRATIVE HINGES ON AND ITS A ONE OF A KIND ICONIC PERFORMANCE.๐
shareI don't think you could recast Cruise that easily. A classic is a classic for a reason, it means everything came together just right. Cruise is the main character and the one that you empathize with.
shareAL PACINO,GENE HACKMAN,EITHER OF THE ESTEVEZ BOYS,MEL GIBSON,CHARLES GRODIN,NIC CAGE,SEAN PENN,TIM ROBBINS,JOHN CUSACK...OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.๐
EDIT...ROBIN WILLIAMS WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT OPPOSITE HOFFMAN AFTER THINKING ABOUT IT.
Nic Cage? Lmao. You're just naming a bunch of actors, you don't know if any of them would've had the same chemistry with Hoffman.
I can say the same about Hoffman's character - Pacino, De Niro, Hackman all could've played an autistic savant if they wanted.
ok now i want to ssee Al Pachino as Charlie Babbit. That would be a trip.
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ALMOST MAKES ME FORGET CRUISE IS SHIT GRINNIN' HIS WAY THROUGH THE PICTURE NEXT TO HIM.
Agree. Hoffman was astounding in this. The degree of difficulty of Ray's character is off the charts, or at least a ten. Literally anyone could have played Charlie if they were the right age and male. Cruise is a decent actor, but the degree of difficulty for Charlie is less than three on a scale of ten.
Take Hoffman out, the film is a joke. Take Cruise out, the film still wins 5 Oscars.
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Disagree completely. Hoffman's character is practically a prop in the movie, you can't empathize with him at all. A difficult performance sure, but you need the Cruise character to empathize with. A performance being more difficult does not mean it's more important.
shareNOBODY EMPATHIZES WITH THE CRUISE CHARACTER...HES A SELFISH ASSHOLE.
shareYou see, at least you actually feel some way about him. I empathized with him because his father was clearly an asshole and slighted Tom in the will.
With Hoffman, he's just an autistic savant. You can't really feel one way or the other about him. He could've been played by a De Niro or a Pacino just fine.
I SIMPLY SO NOT AGREE...OH WELL๐
shareThis! It is not fair to even make a comparison.
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