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45 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Movie - Awful DVD, July 26, 2001
I've always been a big fan of The World According to Garp, so when it came out on DVD I picked it right up. As with many films The World According to Garp sat on my DVD shelf until I had a chance to watch it. Well, that night came this week and I gave The World According to Garp DVD a spin. I was shocked at how poorly this movie was treated on DVD. The audio is simply awful - I had to crank my receiver WAY up and even then I could hear a hiss in the audio track. The video is equally poor with scenes so riddled with edge enhancement that it looks like this DVD was mastered from the video tape! Also the DVD has zero special features. I know every release can't get Special Edition treatment, but The World According to Garp is so rich with possibilities - why not get John Irving to do a commentary (he did one for The Cider House Rules)? Robin Williams who could talk about the role that really launched him as a serious actor. Even director George Roy Hill (who also did The Sting, Slap Shot and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) is still around and has done commentaries! It's too bad that The World According to Garp was treated so poorly on DVD, and it's hard to tell people to skip the DVD of such a phenomenal film. [Geoffrey Kleinman DVDTalk.com]
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Unusual but Wonderful Look at Life, August 8, 2002
By A Customer
I first saw this movie when I was 12 years old. When the movie was over with, I felt depressed. I thought to myself, "What a horrible life this man led. His life was full of tragedies. I hate this movie. It is too depressing for words." Two years later my dad asked me if I had ever seen "The World According to Garp" just out of the blue. I said yes and my dad said "Wasn't it great?" "No," I replied," it was the most depressing movie I've ever seen in my life." My dad said, "No it wasn't. It was an uplifting movie. He had tragedies happen in his life but he kept on going and he led a full life. A life he loved and appreciated. It was a feel-good movie." I still didn't agree. Two years later, my dad died. A year after that "The World According to Garp" came on tv. I decided to watch it since I was sure it couldn't depress me more than I already was from the loss of my father. I laughed and I cried. Then I laughed and cried some more. At the end of the movie I started to sob again, but not because the movie had depressed me. In fact, I felt better at the end of the movie than I had at the beginning of the movie and that was not only because I realized my dad was right about the movie but because I realized how much like Garp my dad was. Despite all the hardships and tragedies my dad had encountered in his own life, he kept a good sense of humor and he always appreciated his life and his family. I now watch the movie on regular basis, usually when I'm feeling down because the movie reminds me of my father and inspires me to make the best of my life. It is indeed an uplifting film.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Riyach, June 25, 2004
By A Customer
I saw this movie by mistake when I was ten years old. I did not truely understand it. My parents didnt care because it featured Robin Williams, you know Mork. They had no idea of all the sexual content, bewilderment followed and 15 years later were almost forgotten, until I read the book in college. I felt affected by this movie then and when I viewed it recenly, the same feelings were conjured up. I highly recommend this film, its tragic, funny and at times you will laugh at times that seem very very inappropriate. The characters are rich and off-wall.
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