— Garp… Garp?
— Yes, Garp.
— Garp… Garp?

The film is an odd assortment of scenes that sometimes feel pasted together, as if they would work better separately than as a whole. You can feel what George Roy Hill was trying to do, but unfortunately it never clicks right. As an interesting chronicle of one man’s odd and eclectic life from birth to near-death, The World According to Garp is a good film. As a black comedy social satire, it never manages to get above the material and really affect the viewer other than to make him uncomfortable. — James Kendrick