[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.

Something has to be wrong with a film that can take material as intractable as Garp and make it palatable.

Garp is one of those perfect movies; it makes you laugh and it makes you cry.

If you hated the book you’ll loath the movie.