The World According to Garp (DVD, 2001)

I have always liked the film. NEVER read the book, no interest in it.

What makes the film for me is the cast, main cast. Robin showing early in his movie career he could indeed act without his comedy skills.
Glenn in her film debut delivers it perfectly as Jenny.
Best part by far is John as the ex football player. That part could have gone bad real quick but he did a great job with it.

Since this is an old DVD there are NO extras.
It is, horrible, a Warner Brothers release so it has 1 of the horrible cardboard holders you can NOT stack.
A plus, which seems to be disappearing, a chapter search list.

Good to see the film wide screen. And, it does have a good picture quality.

I was very pleased with the service, the dvd movie was delivered
in a timely manner, the quality of the dvd is good, I will definetly
will continue buying products from this vendor.
Thank You ..........Gilberto

This my brother bid on. He said he has been looking for it for years. I look't for it on E-BAY and fond it. MY brother Jesse was so happy. He gave me the $ for it and I orderd it for him. When it came in the mail i ran it over to him. Now I just nead to ask him lone it to me so I can watch it. I have neaver sean it.

I had been looking for this movie for quite a long time one of my favorites, Robin Williams classic right up there with Good Morning Vietnam

This movie has a little bit of everything. It has comedy, mystery, reality, and seriousness all in one movie. Very entertaining and definitely classic!

Meryl Streep and John Lithgow are great. Movie does not follow the book entirely, but is fairly accurate. Some of the character development of Garp is lost in the movie version of the story.

The World According to Garp, aside from being a warmly enjoyable movie, and the best screen adaptation of any John Irving novels. The movie features several young actors who went on to be among the best in the business. Oscar nominee John Lithgow is the sweetest transsexual ex-pro football player you'd ever hope to meet; Oscar nominee Glenn Close is a sensible, utterly sexless nurse and mother; Amanda Plummer is a mute crime victim; Mary Beth Hurt is a schoolgirl turned wife and mother, the love of T.S. Garp's life and the personification of the idea of Home. And Robin Williams, in his first starring role.He has never been better cast--in the role of a human being. The opening credits, with a wide-eyed baby floating about the screen to the tune of the Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four," sums up the movie's scope and tone. After watching The World According to Garp, you may find yourself marveling anew at the world around you, a strange and wonderful place indeed.
I bought the World According to Garp because I had seen the movie when it first came out in the theaters. I was amazed on how great the movie was and wanted to replaced the VHS copy I had at one time.

This movie has always been like a small etched out piece of actual life, it has it's ups and downs and unusual things that happen to us all and how we deal with these happenings.
There is a good cast behind this film and some of them are in strange roles which also adds to it's charm.
It's a good solid film and you will not be sorry if you buy it...

Enjoy, Scott

i love the movie but could not find it then i did and i watched again i and i still love it so thank you so much!!!!!!!

What a find this movie is! Over the years it has become one of a number of "comfort" movies I own-- those movies I can return to again and again for solace and comfort.

"The World According to Garp" can best be described as a "black comedy:" it's a drama that has some funny moments in it, thanks to the maniacally funny Robin Williams. Threaded throughout the otherwise lightly woven movie we find darker threads, threads that threaten to inundate the fabric around them. It's at these intensely bleak moments Williams (as T.S. Garp- T.S. standing for everything from Technical Sergeant to Terribly Shy to Terribly Sexy, depending on which stage of life Garp is in) lightens the whole with his almost incidental comedic genius.

John Lithgow provides a memorable performance (in fact, this is the role I picture him in every time I see him) as former Philadelphia Eagle's tight end-turned woman ("You had great hands," quips Williams at one point) Roberta Muldoon. Glenn Close is wonderfully bracing as Jenny Fields, Garp's determined writer/feminist mother. The cast is rounded out by Mary Beth Hurt playing Helen Holm, Garp's mousey/saucy wife. And if that's not enough, director George Roy Hill manages to include Hollywood icons Hume Cronyn (as Jenny's father) and Jessica Tandy (as Jenny's mother), as well as Swoosie Kurtz, who plays a hooker who becomes the model for a character in Jenny Field's best-selling femi-nazi novel "Sexual Suspect."

In all, a wonderful, worthy rendition of John Irving's novel of the same title.

I'm not much of a TV person but I have some movies I love and watch over and over. This movie is so funny and full of some of the most silly nonsense in how to have a baby and raise him with stupid quirks about how to handle life as it comes at you. From the moment Garp is conceived to the very end of the movie we learn how eccentric views can develop into a man and the strange but loving friends he meets guide him even further to ridiculous conclusions of what is reality. There are parts that make you feel his pain and going through a adulteress situation with his wife brought new life to ideas that still determine the right way to handle any situation with maturity and lots of reasoning so not to drive yourself nuts. Absolutely Robin Williams outdid himself and John Lithgow was just to much for words. I will wear this movie out because it is one of my very favorites.

This movie is as true to the book as can be expected. I loved it and watched it twice just in case I missed a detail or two. I did miss some of the details and the movie was even better the second time.

This was a present to my daughter and she just told me she reads it as she gets
a chance and it seems pretty good so far.

Originally, my wife had ask me to find a copy of Garp. I had not seen the movie in years. So I obliged her. My wife owns a nice collection and she wanted this as another addition. I see very few movies more than once, but Garp appeals to the avid fan of Life on more than one level. What I love about it is the nuances of language and gester, and it's behavioral quirkiness is on a level few other movies attain. But the one thing this movie does is it transcends is the sum of it's cast of great talent. I enjoyed the movie for it's charismatic picture of a struggling writer and the various loves of his life, his mother just to name one. Glenn Close's character never goes outside the nurturing warmth of the nurse's uniform, that is just one behavioral quirk I loved. The movie is worth a viewing, maybe two or three. And it is certainly worth watching with others.

one of my favorite movies, i own it in vhs and wanteD to add it to my dvd collection. excellent movie, THE BEST!

I loved this movie from the time I read the book. I love Robin Williams and think he's one of the best actors in Hollywood. He can take a movie of joyful comedy and make me laugh from the belly, and then do serious dramatic work just as well. This storyline is all about life and this portrayal is quite interesting and entertaining. It will always be a favorite of mine. Well worth sitting and watching. You'll think about it for days afterwards.

The World According to Garp.. I've seen this movie when it first came out and forgot how the ending was.. I've enjoyed Robin Williams in the past …I watched the movie again and still not sure how it turns out. Some will watch the ending and see one thing and others see a different ending…

The movie was after my favorite book so I really wanted to get. Also Robin Williams is my favorite actor and this was one of his first movies. It was pretty good, but I still think the book was a lot better!

this may be one of robin williams best performances! This movie has it all. A very dark comedy. John Lithgow as a transsexual ex linebacker, is priceless!!! Glen Close is outstanding as his mother!

Excellent albeit quirky film. It ranks as one of my favorites. It is the film adaptation of John Irving's book by the same name. I saw the film before reading the book and, unlike the usual reaction, I thought the movie better done and more enjoyable than the book. Although the book does explain some of the details of the movie and, once known, makes the movie even better the second time. It is a very thought provoking piece about human sexuality and relationship as well as understanding. It is also very entertaining and humorous while maintaining a level of seriousness and pathos.

Great movie, really enjoyed it. Was not as good as the book, though I never expect movies to be. Great acting. I bought it because I couldn't find it in any of our video stores!

This has got to be Robin Williams at his best. One of my all time favourite movies, it'll make you laugh, cry and sink into it like a well worn chair. John Lithgow is wonderful in it, as is Glenn Close. She absolutely rocks! Do yourself a favour and see this film. You wont regret it!

I order this DvD, several weeks ago, upon receiving I was impressed with the quality of the picture, however the sound was not in any kind of surround sound. Overall I will come back to EBay for those hard to find items such as older DvD's.

the product arrived timely and in great condition. no complaints at all. I would recommend buying from this seller whenever possible. Plus Garp is a great movie, and an even better book.