Saturday, April 09, 2005

Andrew Sarris

“…. [Garp] took guts to make, and it avoided some extraordinarily dangerous traps, thanks largely to almost perfect casting in the key roles…. That [Williams'] Garp does not generate as much emotional electricity as he should may be due to the latent fear of audiences of having the dramatic rug pulled out from under them for the sake of an easy laugh.

“For the foregoing reasons and others, the movie tends to shift it concerns to the world of Jenny Garp [sic]. Glenn Close is more than a revelation in the role of Garp's militantly feminist mother. This comparatively unknown stage actress is so magically unfamiliar that the average viewer has not yet had time to detect the seams between her own personality and that of the character she plays….”

Andrew Sarris
Village Voice, July 27, 1982

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