From: utzoo!decvax!cca!jackson.pa@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: The World According to Garp
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.2404
Posted: Mon Aug  2 12:23:01 1982
Received: Tue Aug  3 01:01:39 1982

Nano: 9.9, *****, best movie i have seen all summer

Macro: An excellent adult film.  Not in the sense of sex scenes, just that the 
humor requires the seasoning of a few years to be appreciated.  Robin Williams 
is excellent as is the rest of the cast.  Since the player's credits are at the 
beginning i am going to have to go see it again so i know who those people are.

The film is about life, birth, death, and relationships between people.  You won't 
find these people on TV, but you might meet them in the world.  This IS a funny movie, 
but it is not a comedy; such is life.  My only regret is that the movie wasn't at 
least twice as long.  I was not ready for it to end when the credits appeared.

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My ever so slight dissatisfaction with Garp rests in the lack of character development 
for the twisted little girl who likes to watch.  I suppose that this the the inevitable 
result of trying to compress a large book into a 2-1/2 hour movie.  I would have gladly
sat through another 2-1/2 hours, honest.

stephen