The Rain People

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The Rain People

R,

1969,

1h 42m,

Drama

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88%

17 Reviews

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62%

500+ Ratings

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88%

Tomatometer

17 Reviews

62%

Popcornmeter

500+ Ratings

Upon learning that she's pregnant, housewife Natalie Ravenna leaves her husband and embarks on a road trip of self-discovery. On her odyssey across America, Natalie picks up troubled hitchhiker Jimmie Kilgannon, a college football player whose life was shattered when he sustained brain damage. But, as she later learns when she meets a lovelorn police officer named Gordon, trying to help these lost souls isn't without its dangers.

Variety Staff

Variety

Dec 11, 2007

An overlong, brooding film incorporating some excellent photography.

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Tom Milne

Time Out

Jun 24, 2006

Coppola's fourth feature, a fascinating early road movie made entirely on location with a minimal crew and a constantly evolving script.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 23, 2004

4/4

As for Coppola and his world, It's difficult to say whether his film is successful or not. That's the beautiful thing about a lot of the new, experimental American directors.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Jul 22, 2026

2.5/4

The Rain People fares best within its low-key and somewhat irresistible opening stretch...

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Jul 24, 2025

3.5/5

The Rain People reflects a period of experimentation as Coppola honed his voice and visual language—just before entering what would become the defining decade of his career in the 1970s.

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Megan Fisher

Loud and Clear Reviews

Jan 11, 2025

Coppola’s touch is impressionistic and bittersweet as the two new Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, Huck and Jim, George and Lennie criss-cross the country trying to find a place where they belong.

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Luke W

Nov 10, 2008

Between a 6/10 and 7/10, Coppola's fourth feature, a fascinating early road movie made entirely on location with a minimal crew and a constantly evolving script.

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Francis Ford Coppola

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James Caan

"Killer" Kilgannon

Shirley Knight

Natalie Ravenna

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Synopsis

Upon learning that she's pregnant, housewife Natalie Ravenna leaves her husband and embarks on a road trip of self-discovery. On her odyssey across America, Natalie picks up troubled hitchhiker Jimmie Kilgannon, a college football player whose life was shattered when he sustained brain damage. But, as she later learns when she meets a lovelorn police officer named Gordon, trying to help these lost souls isn't without its dangers.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Bart Patton, Ronald Colby
Screenwriter: Francis Ford Coppola
Production Co: Warner Bros., Seven Arts Pictures, American Zoetrope
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 22, 2009
Runtime: 1h 42m

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