The movie presents Raymond's talents with counting and calculation as falling into the (erroneous) statement of "stuff people with autism can do"—but it stands for so much more, really. The fact...

The first shot of the movie is a car being cabled across a smoggy sky, and we soon learn that cars are super important to the Babbitt family—and really, the whole plot. (And the American dream, b...

Raymond is obsessed with the "Who's on First" bit from Abbott and Costello . It's kind of like his security blanket; he recites it when he's feeling nervous or tweaky. The thing is, he doesn't und...