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Is this Hoffman's Best Role


Dustin has won two Oscars for Rain Man and Kramer Vs. Kramer. Also, he has several nominations. But, nothing for Hero. Why?

I have an old DVD of this movie with Chinese sub-titles. I lent the DVD to a Chinese man. He was very impressed. He said that Dustin's performance was the best he's even seen. I admit the only other one he's seen is Kramer vs. Kramer but his praise was noteworthy.

I have to concur. This was an Oscar worthy performance.

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Surely Hoffman's best role would be 'Rain Man', 'The Graduate', 'Tootsie' or 'Lenny'. He was good here but he was also playing a variation on Ratso Rizzo from 'Midnight Cowboy'.

Hoffman's most underrated performance IMHO is in 'Family Business'. Your heart really goes out to his character in that one.

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Good point about a variation on Ratso Rizzo. That could be a partial reason why "Hero" is so underrated.

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I also think this is a great performance by Hoffman, especially the part where he's talking to his son on the phone.

I love this movie, and Hoffman is the main reason.

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