The World According to Garp

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Glory K @Ms.Glory Feb 23 An epic life story in the most ordinary terms. Life is absurd and mundane and magical all at once. Absolutely wonderful film. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 14 Funny in 2 hours and 16 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Adam K @Adamkapl 02/16/2025 Underrated performances and movie See more Mark H @RT00262860 01/17/2025 A masterpiece of drama, comedy, satire and social commentary that feels a bit like an epic about an incredible life. It’s mostly highly respected, especially for the acting, but it’s also not an easy watch, which might explain why it’s a bit underrated. Robin Williams had only done tv, a cameo in a 1977 comedy and then Popeye. Casting him this early (1982) in such a heavy drama took some imagination. Williams is brilliant, portraying a real, imperfect, vulnerable person surrounded by colorful characters who still feel real. Garp features some of the saddest moments in film, realistically tragic. By the end, it can feel a bit exhausting, but I view Garp as a story about how life actually feels. We have some success, some triumphs, some love, but also much pain, many mistakes and losses. Garp is a special film, painful, funny, and moving, complete with a heartbreaking ending. See more Christian S @Cstein99 08/19/2024 Well written, acted, directed. True work of art! See more Jeff M @jeffmarshallmovieblogger 01/21/2024 What a fantastic motion picture! What once may have been perceived as overly eccentric now seems wholly plausible and almost prophetic - a sign of the times, as Harry Styles would say. I would dare say that the four performances by the leads are perhaps the best of their careers - although this was a cinematic launching pad for them. Close and Lithgow received Oscar nominations, and I would have included Williams and Hurt in the love fest as well. The comedy seemed richer than the last time I watched it, the drama more heartbreaking and the whole enterprise almost devastating. Williams' later dramatic work often felt a bit maudlin, but he is quite generous with his performance here in that he basically plays the straight man and allows those around him to be the outrageous ones - very rare in his filmography. And Close is simply breathtaking here, one of the great film debuts of the last several decades. This is a marvelous, marvelous motion picture, and this revisit has not only cemented its place among the best of its year right behind SOPHIE'S CHOICE and TOOTSIE. See more Read all reviews

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