Rain Man

The ’88 brothers-on-a-road- trip movie suffers a series of communication failures on its way to the stage in Rain Man. Landscapes must be replaced by interior shots — both physical and psychological. The latter proves too much for Hartnett — the blandly handsome film star lacks flair and nuance; Brit actor Adam Godley fares better as his autistic savant sibling. But the theater, paradoxically, has made the characters more two-dimensional than celluloid. C (Purchase tickets at LondonTheatreDirect.com or call: 01144 870 534 4444)