The World According to Garp

Warner Bros. | Release Date: July 23, 1982

6.6	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Ratings

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MarcDoyleMay 26, 2018

John Lithgow is so amazing in this. You'd never see a movie like this hit theaters these days. Also love Glen Close and her life path.

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Compi24Jun 13, 2023

"The World According To Garp" is neither as whimsical, nor as zany as its title and veneer let on, with Robin Williams' talents left largely wasted and the film's thematic backbone rendered obscure. This really does feel like a straight-up"The World According To Garp" is neither as whimsical, nor as zany as its title and veneer let on, with Robin Williams' talents left largely wasted and the film's thematic backbone rendered obscure. This really does feel like a straight-up adaptation of the novel, a no-frills blow-by-blow of events as they occur in the text and that's it. With that, there's a discernible lack of focus throughout as the film leads us through the topics of sex, feminism and moral ambiguity without ever really giving us a position on any of those items. I will say, for all the problematic characters within, it's nice to see the most likable one to be John Lithgow's "Roberta Muldoon." That aside — not much to write home about.… Expand

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DawdlingPoetNov 27, 2021

This is a strange film, I think its fair to say - sort of madcap but not in the usual way for Robin William films. The main character is certainly quirky and somewhat interesting but the plot narrative didn't really work for me, as I feltThis is a strange film, I think its fair to say - sort of madcap but not in the usual way for Robin William films. The main character is certainly quirky and somewhat interesting but the plot narrative didn't really work for me, as I felt that not much in the way of context was given to things. It felt a bit too long drawn out, although, to be fair, I thought Roberta Muldoon, played by John Lithgow, was another interesting character - I enjoyed the scenes featuring 'her' (a transsexual) and him. I felt that Garps mother - her feminist manifesto aspect, I didn't feel it really fit into the film somehow. Its a quirky and a fairly watchable film, with the titular characters conception being explained in a slightly disturbing way at the start of the film. Its not quite an awful film, it has potential but it just doesn't quite...work for me and usually I like character dramas and I like quite a lot of Robin Williams' films, so it was a little bit of a disappointment. I wouldn't especially recommend it, no.… Expand

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