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.
Keywords:
Mentally disabled
Individual
Loss of loved one
Yuppie
Autism
Car dealer
Egocentrism
Convertible
Road trip
Blackjack
Cincinnati
Travel
Las vegas
Psychiatrist
Disability
Mentally handicapped man
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Asperger's syndrome
Suppressed memory
Forgotten memory
Savant
Movie tag line: "A journey through understanding and fellowship."
Character: Raymond Babbitt
Character: Charlie Babbitt
Character: Susanna
Character: Dr. Bruner
Character: John Mooney