The World According to Garp Reviews

Haley Tiresius
Transgender Tapestry
May 21, 2020
There is art and subtlety in the role [of Roberta] as it is written for the movie; and there is artistry and subtlety in the way the role is acted by John Lithgow.
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Molly Haskell
Vogue
February 27, 2020
Casting Robin Williams in the role was a stroke of genius.
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Susan Shapiro
Sojourner
August 19, 2019
If the tragedy of this movie is its subliminal sexism, perhaps its hope lies in a sequel: The World According to Jenny.
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Bruce McCabe
Boston Globe
April 27, 2018
[George Roy] Hill's "Garp" is a dense, rich, textured work, a sequence of scenes ultimately creating a complex, complicated life, one that is at once funny, horrifying and heartbreaking.
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Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
September 26, 2005
Original Score: 2/5
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
July 4, 2005
Original Score: 3/5
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum
March 24, 2005
Robin Williams displays the acting chops that would later win him an Oscar
Original Score: 3/5
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Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
October 23, 2004
Something has to be wrong with a film that can take material as intractable as Garp and make it palatable.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette
June 12, 2004
Original Score: 3/5
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
May 7, 2004
Original Score: 3/5
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
November 15, 2003
Original Score: 4/5
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
August 22, 2003
Original Score: 4/5
John Esther
Pasadena Weekly
August 21, 2003
Original Score: 1/5
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
August 26, 2002
Good effort, sometimes nearly great
Original Score: 4/5
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com
July 25, 2002
Original Score: 4/5
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality & Practice
May 17, 2001
True to the spirit of the novel, the film compels us to consider the ambiguities of love, death, sex, and violence that characterize modern life.
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James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk
February 27, 2001
seems to waver between almost sitcom-like normality, and bizarre outlandishness
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com
January 1, 2000
Original Score: 2.5/5