Review of The World According to Garp (1982) by Dawdlingpoet — 27 Nov 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 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.