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From:Nathan Babcock , Warren Berlinger , Susan Browning , Glenn Close , Hume Cronyn , Warner Brothers , Warner Home Video ,
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2 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
 Simply Put - A Great Film, 2004-04-06
This is easily one of the 10 best comedy films of all time. Robin Williams showed us he was a great actor in his very first starring roll in a feature film. Glenn Close was fantastic and John Lithgow should have won an Acdemy Award for his performance. Unfortuneately, this film came out long before comedy films won any awards. It is definately a timeless piece that should be seen.
3 of 10 customers found the following review helpful:
 Compared to the book this stunk, 2004-04-04
I'm in the 11th grade and I just read the book and i thought that it was incredible. I figured maybe if the book was so good then the movie would be good. Right? WRONG. The movie on its own was ok. If you don't read the book more then likely you wouldn't understand the movie though. Even though i found many differences between the book and dvd. If you want a real treat, read the book. This movie is a good example of why you can't make a 600 page book into a two hour movie. Compared the book, I thought this movie was trash. The book was an incredible piece of literature and this movie came no where close. The actors do do a very good job in the movie and Robin Williams was incredibly. I felt there were many scenes were dissappointing. FOr instance, I found the end very dissapointing. I won't say what happens, but thats just my opinion. Read the book, much better then the movie.
2 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
Hard to follow., 2003-06-22
This movie was a disappointment. At first i thought it was because I had read the book first. But no. The story told in the movie was different enough that I didn't care for the way they put it together. It is hard to follow for those in my family that haven't read the book.
2 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
Great Movie, 2003-04-11
This is one of my all-time favorite movies. Robin Williams is such a great performer, and really gets to show his range in this one. I cry and fall off the couch laughing every time I watch it.
3 of 8 customers found the following review helpful:
 greatly dissapointing, 2003-03-10
...I turn the final page of The World According to Garp by John Irving and reflect on how great a novel it was. How wonderfully it was written, how incredibly unusual and complex the characters were, and how much i understood them. Next, I sit down in front of my tv and watch the movie. To put it nicely, I am appalled at how horrible the movie is. The whole plot is distorted, major characters aren't even mentioned (Harrison and Alice), and the main characters (besides John Lithgow who was excellent as Roberta) aren't portrayed very well by the actors. I do acknowledge though, that the parts are extremely difficult to play and that the actors probably did the best they could. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this movie, ESPECIALLY to people you have read the book, which is absolutely fantastic. Now all of you, go read the book!
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