![]() ![]() 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. 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. I felt that Garps mother - her feminist manifesto aspect, I didn't feel it really fit into the film somehow. 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. 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. ![]() 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 This is a strange film, I think its fair to say - sort of madcap but not in the usual way for Robin William films. This is a strange film, I think its fair to say - sort of madcap but not in the usual way for Robin William films. Other articles where The World According to Garp is discussed: John Irving: his reputation with the novel The World According to Garp (1978 film 1982). ![]()
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