Good film, acting from entire cast
Added 11/11/2009
I have always liked the film. NEVER read the book, no interest in it.
What makes the film for me is the cast, main cast. Robin showing early in his movie career he could indeed act without his comedy skills.
Glenn in her film debut delivers it perfectly as Jenny.
Best part by far is John as the ex football player. That part could have gone bad real quick but he did a great job with it.
Since this is an old DVD there are NO extras.
It is, horrible, a Warner Brothers release so it has 1 of the horrible cardboard holders you can NOT stack.
A plus, which seems to be disappearing, a chapter search list.
Good to see the film wide screen. And, it does have a good picture quality.
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Can be funny if you watch it with a certain perspective
Added 8/17/2009
I don't think the filmmakers or the author of the book intended to ridicule feminism but this story actually does that quite well. Jennifer (Glenn Close) is clearly a nut case and it is quite amusing to see idiotic women worship her as an icon. She is basically a self-absorbed, man hating b*tch of the worst kind. In fact there is nobody in the entire movie that you are really rooting for, so all that is left is laugh when this bunch of morons finally get their comeuppance or are killed off.
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Movies are Never as Good as the Book
Added 7/1/2009
Advice: If you love the book, don't see the movie. But that's pretty much true of most movies that were derived from books...
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IS AMAZON RUNNING SOME KIND OF A CON?
Added 2/24/2009
This film ORIGINALLY FEATURED Roblin Williams, Mary Beth Hurt, John Lithgow, and Glen Close. The jacket, as shown in Amazon's Advertisement shows Robin Williams, the house Garp and, his wife and sons lived in and the airplane that crashed into their house one of the scenes in the flims. However, only one of the actors in the original DVD film I have is listed in the actor's credits for the film being sold by amazon (Glen Glose).
The original cast did an excellent job with the film, but who the devil are the actors--(Nathon Babcock, Warren Berlinger, and Susan Browning)--listed above the product Amazon is the trying to dump on unsuspecting public. NOTE: Do the original director, producer and actors know what Amazon is doing to their outstanding The World According to Garp in this bogus version.
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Let's Hear It For T.S. Garp!
Added 2/10/2009
One of my favorite movies of all time. I believe this was Robin Williams second film, released after the horrendous "Popeye" fiasco. Although it takes many liberties with the book, it is by far the best treatment any of Irving's books have ever received. You will run the full gambit of emotions during this film. In the end, you may still not know what to think of it. It one of THOSE movies.
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Good film, acting from entire cast
Added 11/11/2009
I have always liked the film. NEVER read the book, no interest in it.
What makes the film for me is the cast, main cast. Robin showing early in his movie career he could indeed act without his comedy skills.
Glenn in her film debut delivers it perfectly as Jenny.
Best part by far is John as the ex football player. That part could have gone bad real quick but he did a great job with it.
Since this is an old DVD there are NO extras.
It is, horrible, a Warner Brothers release so it has 1 of the horrible cardboard holders you can NOT stack.
A plus, which seems to be disappearing, a chapter search list.
Good to see the film wide screen. And, it does have a good picture quality.
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Can be funny if you watch it with a certain perspective
Added 8/17/2009
I don't think the filmmakers or the author of the book intended to ridicule feminism but this story actually does that quite well. Jennifer (Glenn Close) is clearly a nut case and it is quite amusing to see idiotic women worship her as an icon. She is basically a self-absorbed, man hating b*tch of the worst kind. In fact there is nobody in the entire movie that you are really rooting for, so all that is left is laugh when this bunch of morons finally get their comeuppance or are killed off.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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Movies are Never as Good as the Book
Added 7/1/2009
Advice: If you love the book, don't see the movie. But that's pretty much true of most movies that were derived from books...
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