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* OnceOriginalNowOverdone: When it was made, the film was revolutionary with just the sole idea of even recognising such thing as autism or using it as a plot device. Ever since, it has become synonymous with opening the floodgate for the overbearing, (and overbearingly) sappy HollywoodAutism copycats. While the film still is carried by Hoffman's and Cruise's performances, it's just hard to be impressed with what quickly became a cheap cliche.
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* OnceOriginalNowOverdone: OnceOriginalNowCommon: When it was made, the film was revolutionary with just the sole idea of even recognising such thing as autism or using it as a plot device. Ever since, it has become synonymous with opening the floodgate for the overbearing, (and overbearingly) sappy HollywoodAutism copycats. While the film still is carried by Hoffman's and Cruise's performances, it's just hard to be impressed with what quickly became a cheap cliche.cliché.
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%** Raymond's meltdowns with the hot bathtub and the smoke detector. Context?
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%%** Raymond's meltdowns with the hot bathtub and the smoke detector. Context?
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* FairForItsDay: The movie is criticized nowadays for introducing the stereotype that all autistic people have savant skills, and for giving out a strict criterion for autism portrayals when the condition is, in reality, loosely defined and highly variable from person to person beyond base commonalities (Hence why the full name for the mental disability is "autism ''spectrum'' disorder"). However, mainstream awareness of autism owes much to this film, and it [[GenreTurningPoint opened the floodgates for introducing sympathetic portrayals of mentally challenged characters in media.]] According to the book ''Literature/NeuroTribes'', the movie also helped the general population become much more sympathetic towards autistic people, as the movie gave them a basic understanding of the condition.
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* FairForItsDay: The movie is criticized nowadays for introducing the stereotype that all autistic people have savant skills, and for giving out a strict criterion for autism portrayals when the condition is, in reality, loosely defined and highly variable from person to person beyond base commonalities (Hence why the full name for the mental disability is "autism ''spectrum'' disorder")."Autism ''Spectrum'' Disorder"). However, mainstream awareness of autism owes much to this film, and it [[GenreTurningPoint opened the floodgates for introducing sympathetic portrayals of mentally challenged characters in media.]] According to the book ''Literature/NeuroTribes'', the movie also helped the general population become much more sympathetic towards autistic people, as the movie gave them a basic understanding of the condition.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Following the poker scene, Charlie, to try and persuade Ray to stop insisting on wearing Kmart clothes, says "Kmart sucks". Come this decade, and slowly but surely the Kmart stores began to close up-- with 9 stores remaining as of 2023.
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** Furthermore, Creator/DustinHoffman plays an autistic character despite not being autistic himself, which has led some to criticize the film for having a non-autistic actor [[note]] Hoffman ''is'' neurodivergent, as he has ADHD, which is not on the autism spectrum but shares certain symptoms with ASD. [[/note]] cast as Raymond Babbitt instead of an autistic actor (although in fairness, Leslie Lemke [[CastTheRunnerUp initially was in mind to play Raymond.]])
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** Furthermore, Creator/DustinHoffman plays an autistic character despite not being autistic himself, which has led some to criticize the film for having a non-autistic actor [[note]] Hoffman ''is'' neurodivergent, as he has ADHD, which is not on the autism spectrum but shares certain symptoms with ASD. [[/note]] cast as Raymond Babbitt instead of an autistic actor (although in fairness, Leslie Lemke [[CastTheRunnerUp initially was in mind to play Raymond.]])
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* ParodyDisplacement: To many people who grew up in the '90s, Raymond's [[VerbalTic Verbal Tics]] are mainly familiar as [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Runt the dog]]'s way of speaking.
